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On Screen Keyboard
I was wondering if there was any examples of how to implement an "on-screen keyboard". The experiment deals with a subject trying to unscramble words. The idea is to put a keyboard on the screen and have them click the letters in order to spell out the word. I was thinking of implementing 26 buttons, individually, but I wasn't sure if that was the best way to go about making this keyboard. Any other methods?
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There aren't any examples, but it shouldn't be too difficult. I would use button labels to create the keyboard.
Code:
A = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'A') . . Z = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'Z') |
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How about allowing the user to re-arrange the letters with drag and drop?
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That would also be very useful. Is there a function that would allow me to do this? Any prior example or helpful hints?
Thanks for the great idea! |
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An easy way to do this:
Click on letters with the mouse to select them. Click arrow buttions to move them forward or back within the word
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Sounds good to me. Is there anyway to "update" the letter label each time an "enter button" is clicked. Preferably I would like to perform a refresh where the buttons would go back to the original positions and be labeled with new letters.
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I just implemented some buttons using the following code. I'm planning on the user to be able to click on a button and that letter should come out as text on the screen. I have done this previously with the keyboard using:
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def mykeyboard(key): global SendText, infoindex, quad #the input is a normal character if len(key) == 1: SendText += key elif key == viz.KEY_BACKSPACE: #If the key is the backspace key then remove the last character SendText = SendText[:len(SendText)-1] #Update the input text text.message(SendText) Code:
if viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'a') and state == viz.DOWN: SendText += 'a' Code:
if infoindex == 0: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'h') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'c') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 1: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'z') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'p') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'z') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 2: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'l') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'l') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'v') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 3: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'r') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'g') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'g') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 4: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'm') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 5: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'c') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'c') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'f') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 6: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'r') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'x') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'p') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 7: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'd') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'm') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'm') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'p') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'u') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 8: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'd') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'u') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'h') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'l') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'h') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 9: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'm') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'r') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 10: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'l') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'u') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 11: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'p') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'h') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'h') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'a') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'p') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'g') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'r') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 12: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'v') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'm') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'r') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'e') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') if infoindex == 13: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'o') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 's') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'u') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'n') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 't ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') if infoindex == 14: one = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') two = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') three = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') four = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') five = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') six = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') seven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') eight = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') nine = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') ten = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, '') eleven = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, ' ') twelve = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL, 'i') one.translate(.35,.612) two.translate(.40,.612) three.translate(.45,.612) four.translate(.50,.612) five.translate(.55,.612) six.translate(.60,.612) seven.translate(.35,.55) eight.translate(.40,.55) nine.translate(.45,.55) ten.translate(.50,.55) eleven.translate(.55,.55) twelve.translate(.60, .55) |
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What are you trying to do?
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I have 14 words that need to be unscrambled. What I have set up so far is 12 buttons on the screen (the longest word that needs to be unscrambled is 12 letters long) and a button that will be used as an enter key. What I had planned to do is have the letters for the current word on each button and have the remaining letters (if the word < 12 letters long) blank. the user will then have to click the letter they believe comes next in the correct order. Each time a letter is clicked, it will be displayed on a text object. Using the keyboard, I just used the my keyboard code that I have previously posted. Unfortunately it's too difficult for someone that is wearing an HMD to type words so I was trying to implement an "onscreen keyboard" with these buttons. Eventually, i will add a "backspace" button in case a user makes a mistake, but that will come later. Right now, I would just like for the user to be able to click the letter and have it appear on the screen in the same manner as if the user were typing it. The keyboard example was taken from the IM tutorial.
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You can check if a button is "down" with myButton.get()
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Ok, that worked, now the next step is for the program to recognize which button is pushed. Here is the code I have so far:
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def mybutton(button,state): global SendText, infoindex, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve letter = '' if button == send and button.get() == viz.DOWN: #Send the current text to the mailbox #Reset the text to nothing SendText = '' text.message(SendText) if infoindex <= 15: info.visible(1) infoindex = infoindex + 1 one.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) two.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) three.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) four.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) five.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) six.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) seven.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) eight.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) nine.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) ten.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) eleven.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) twelve.remove(viz.BUTTON_LABEL) elif infoindex > 15: text.visible(0) button.visible(0) HEAD_DEPTH = -12.5 viz.translate(viz.HEAD_POS,0,0,HEAD_DEPTH ) instructor1 = viz.add('male.cfg') instructor1.face('biohead_talk.vzf') instructor1.threatening = INSTRUCTOR instructor1.tag = 0 instructor1.appearance = 0 instructor1.facepic = 0 Instructions(instructor1) info.visible(0) #bulletinfo.visible(1) if viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'a') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'a' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'b') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'b' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'c') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'c' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'d') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'd' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'e') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'e' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'f') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'f' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'g') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'g' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'h') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'h' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'i') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'i' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'l') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'l' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'m') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'm' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'n') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'n' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'o') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'o' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'p') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'p' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'r') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'r' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'s') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 's' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'t') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 't' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'u') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'u' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'v') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'v' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'x') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'x' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'y') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'y' elif viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,'z') and state == viz.DOWN: letter = 'z' SendText += letter text.message(SendText) Last edited by betancourtb82; 09-28-2006 at 11:56 AM. |
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You can save the label somewhere when you assgin it.
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buttonLabel = 'mylabel' button = viz.add( viz.BUTTON, buttonLabel ) button.label = buttonLabel ... print button.label
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I tried this but it gave me an error:
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Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 12, in ? File "buttonsTest2.py", line 96, in ? button = viz.add(viz.BUTTON,buttonLabel) File "C:\Program Files\Vizard25\viz.py", line 4881, in add return addbutton(*args) File "C:\Program Files\Vizard25\viz.py", line 4102, in addbutton return VizCheckBox(_ipcSendHold(_VIZ_ADDCHECKBOX,scene-1,1,'',int(parent),0,0,0)) TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'str' and 'int' |
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The code should be:
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button = viz.add(viz.BUTTON_LABEL,buttonLabel) |
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