How do you create a text box that can be typed into in a game, but is not using

ask [] and wait

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To allow the player to type, you'll need to check for each key on the keyboard that is pressed. If a key is pressed, that letter should be added to a variable to store the user's answer. It might look something like this:

repeat until <key [space v] pressed>//or another "enter" key
wait until <key [any v] pressed>
find key pressed
set [input v] to (join (input) (key))
wait until <not <key [any v] pressed>>
end

define find key pressed
if <key [a v] pressed>
  set [key v] to [a]
end
if <key [b v] pressed>
  set [key v] to [b]
end
etc::grey //repeat for each letter of the alphabet

If you're willing to hack blocks (this topic may help you), you can put a variable into the key pressed slot. Then instead of having 26 if-statements, you can loop through the alphabet:

set [i v] to [1]
set [chars v] to [abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz]
set [key v] to []//variable that'll "return" the key pressed - blank if no key pressed
repeat (length of (chars))
  set [current char v] to (letter (i) of (chars))
  if <key (current char) pressed> //will need to "hack" (edit JSON code) to get variable in key pressed boolean
  set [key v] to (current char)
  stop [this script v]
  end
  change [i v] by [1]
end

Then, once you've gotten the input, you'll need to display it. This can be used with a text engine. You could look for one on Scratch, or make your own - a text engine needs to loop through each letter in the string, switch costume to the current letter, stamp/clone itself, move a little bit to the right, and repeat.

NVM lol I figured it out

question is, how to backspace???

FoxboyGaming777 wrote:

question is, how to backspace???

its impossible to use backspace

FoxboyGaming777 wrote:

question is, how to backspace???

Use the back arrow instead.

ShipBuilderPerson wrote:

How do you create a text box that can be typed into in a game, but is not using

ask [] and wait

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You asked how to make a text box without using the ask block, if you want Scratch's built in text box with out the question popping up then just leave it blank, or you can do what Prinseskat suggested to make a custom text box.