Disable Return Key from native.newTextBox?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I am allowing users to add a good amount of text into a native.newTextBox field, but I want to restrict them from using the return key (which causes a new line \n)…

Anyone know how to Disable Return Key from native.newTextBox or a work around?

#2

I think you can setReturnKey to none only on Android. See 

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/type/TextField/setReturnKey.html

#3

Sadly that didn’t work :frowning: it just defaulted… Ksan would you think an approach via the input listener would manage it? It just sucks that the textBox does not support the even phase “submitted”…

#4

Yup. I think thats your only choice. Wait for them to enter the text and then use string functions to get rid of the \n.

#5

Yup thanks ksan, for anyone looking for a solution use this snippet:

local sSub=string.sub -- inside field input listener if (e.phase=="editing") then if (e.newCharacters=="\n") then field.text=sSub(field.text,1,#field.text-1) end end
#6

Super! Thanks for sharing your solution.

#7

I think you can setReturnKey to none only on Android. See 

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/type/TextField/setReturnKey.html

#8

Sadly that didn’t work :frowning: it just defaulted… Ksan would you think an approach via the input listener would manage it? It just sucks that the textBox does not support the even phase “submitted”…

#9

Yup. I think thats your only choice. Wait for them to enter the text and then use string functions to get rid of the \n.

#10

Yup thanks ksan, for anyone looking for a solution use this snippet:

local sSub=string.sub -- inside field input listener if (e.phase=="editing") then if (e.newCharacters=="\n") then field.text=sSub(field.text,1,#field.text-1) end end
#11

Super! Thanks for sharing your solution.