Hi Jean-Pierre, On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 20:12 (+0200), Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context wrote:
> Hi Jim, > Here, you can find some doc : https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Widgets That's perfect, just what I was looking for. I added the information to the \field wiki page. (When I went to do that for \definefield and \setupfield, I see it was already there. Duh.) > Don't forget : the main command without it nothing can works is : > \setupinteraction [state=start] I had already discovered that the hard way. :-) > MWE : \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupfield [TextFieldSetup] > [frame=on, width=8cm, height=1.2em, background=color, > backgroundcolor=lightgray] \definefield [UserName] [line] > [TextFieldSetup] \starttext Please enter your name: \blank[small] > \field[UserName] \stoptext Thanks for that. I hope you don't mind that I put it in the wiki page for \field. (If you prefer I don't, let me know and I'll remove it from that page.) Jim > Le 21/05/2026 à 19:55, Jim via ntg-context a écrit : >> Hi all, >> I've been trying to wrap my mind around \field, \setupfield and >> \definefield. >> Unfortunately, the (knowledgeable) wiki contributors have not yet got very >> deep into that corner of the wiki, and the chapter in >> .../tex/texmf-context/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/interaction >> dealing with widgets is "commented out". >> My grep command did not reveal anything else in the standalone distribution >> that uses \field & friends. >> Does anyone have a pointer to some current documentation for these things, >> or, failing that, any extensive examples? There is an example for one type >> of field (line) in the wiki, but not the others. >> Thanks. >> Jim >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to >> the Wiki! >> maillist :[email protected] >> /https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl >> webpage :https://www.pragma-ade.nl /https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) >> archive :https://github.com/contextgarden/context >> wiki :https://wiki.contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > maillist : [email protected] / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
