Is there a way to keep the text input (or any form control) visible?

[pankajparashar]

If I add a text input to the code, input a value, and press enter, the input disappears. Is there a way to prevent form controls from disappearing?

huh.NewInput().
    Title("What’s for lunch?").
    Prompt("?").
    Validate(isFood).
    Value(&lunch).
    Run()

[jonas-grgt]

Out of the box this is not supported but, I have submitted a PR that would make this possible, #469
Unfortunately it is still waiting for feedback.

[pankajparashar]

@jonas-grgt This is great work! Can you elaborate on how the developers can use it to prevent the form from disappearing? Is there a doc I can refer to?

[jonas-grgt]

@pankajparashar thanks

There is a public property you can set on Form named QuitAfterSubmit it defaults to false to make the behavior backwards compatible. Simply setting it to true will allow for not letting the form quit or disappear after submitting.

huh/form.go

Line 79 in 3364066

// whether to quit the form after Submitting or not,

I was thinking of changing the property to an explicit setter see #469 for more details. Any feedback more than welcome.

[pankajparashar]

If you check out my code sample in the Question, I'm not using a Form. Just using huh.NewInput(), Is it possible to make it work with it? I'm thinking of something like the following,

huh.NewInput().
    Title("What’s for lunch?").
    Prompt("?").
    Validate(isFood).
    Value(&lunch).
    WithQuitAfterSubmit(false).
    Run()

[jonas-grgt]

Sorry I missed that you were using an isolated field.

In theory it could work but not with the built in Input.Run nor form.Run methods.

You could create your own field Run method that makes use of QuitAfterSubmit but then you also need to "override" the form.Run method.

Here's some demo code I put together

func main() {
	field := huh.NewInput().
		Title("What’s for lunch?").
		Prompt("?")
	Run(field)
}

func Run(field huh.Field) error {
	group := huh.NewGroup(field)
	form := huh.NewForm(group).WithShowHelp(false)
	form.QuitAfterSubmit = false
	return form.Run()
}

[pankajparashar]

Amazing stuff Jonas. This was very helpful. I'll try out your suggestions. Thanks.