Text box

[SuperSamir 0]

I would like to create a text box that has a character limit of 2. I don't know how to make the input box not be cut by io.read() however, as you can type as many characters as you want.

[Molinko 43]

To limit the number of characters read you can pass a number to io.read. i.e `io.read(2)`

As for the cursor blinking and overwriting your input box you can either make your input box larger or turn the cursor blinking off with `term.setCursorBlink(false)`

[SuperSamir 0]

Do these methods allow the user to keep typing even after the max characters have been reached?

[Molinko 43]

Io.read should yield the thread until enter is hit or the arg to it is satisfied ie after 2 characters. setCursorBlink will only set the blink mode of the cursor

[SuperSamir 0]

But I would like to force io.read() to stop typing when it reaches 2 characters.

[Molinko 43]

It will

[SuperSamir 0]

I tested using io.read(2) and it lets me keep typing after meeting the threshold.

[Molinko 43]

I could be wrong about io.read... perhaps post your code so I can see what's going on.

[SuperSamir 0]

It's simply just io.read(2). It allows to me to keep typing past 2 characters which is what I don't want.

[Molinko 43]

Bummer.. I guess because user input is not strictly a file it's not behaving the way I expected.. perhaps you'll have to roll your own user input with event.pull..