Blink cursor over editing position #40

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1. VasilKalchev commented on Nov 1, 2021

   

   VasilKalchev

   on Nov 1, 2021

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   Hello adrianbn,

   This is a nice feature, but because of the way the library works, I don't see an obvious way to implement it.

   I did some testing and it seems that it'll be possible to implement this manually.
   Create a LiquidLine with just a constant string (e.g. "Duration"), don't add other variables to it and don't attach functions to it. When navigating the menu:

   • use LiquidMenu::get_currentScreen() to recognize the screen you're currently on
   • when you're at the right screen, set the cursor position after the string LiquidCrystal::setCursor(9, 0)
   • print the variable and reset the cursor's position to be over the first digit of the variable
   • enable the blinking cursor with LiquidCrystal::cursor(); LiquidCrystal::blink()
   • implement the code from the video that edits the variable digit by digit

   Rough example:

   // ...
   
   LiquidLine duration_line(0, 0, "Duration: ");
   LiquidScreen duration_screen(duration_line);
   
   LiquidMenu menu(lcd, duration_screen);
   
   // ...
   
   void loop() {
     if (btn_right.pressed()) {
       menu.next_screen();
   
       if (menu.get_currentScreen() == &duration_screen) {
         // no need to set the position, since there is just one line on this screen
         lcd.print(5);
         lcd.setCursor(10, 0);
         lcd.cursor();
         lcd.blink();
         // ...
       } else {
         lcd.noCursor();
         lcd.noBlink();
       }
     }
   }

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