[solved] Create a non-interactive form and show it until keypress

embodiment

Hi. I'm using the text display form for the experiment instructions. However, I don't want to show an OK button. Rather, I'd prefer to move forward by simply press a keyboard key. My problem is that I don't figure out how I can obtain this kind of form. From the documentation, I have tried to use the only_render option but it did not work (the form is not shown). Any help?

Thanks.

sebastiaan

Hi Andrea,

When you use ...

set only_render yes

... the form is really only rendered, and does not wait for any user input at all. Like a sketchpad with a 0ms duration, basically. Is your problem solved by inserting a keyboard_response after the form?

If you want to remove the button widget, you can edit the form script and simply remove the line that corresponds to the button. (Normally, without setting only_render to yes, removing the 'next' button is not a good idea!)

Cheers!
Sebastiaan

embodiment

Indeed, the problem is solved by inserting a keyboard_response item.

However, this does not work if I use the Psycho backend. A simple structure like this:

-- Text_display_form [with only_render and no buttons]

-- keyboard_response

-- sketchpad

works in Xpyriment (and of course also in Legacy) but in Psycho OpenSesame remains on the text_display and does not show the sketchpad when the user presses the key.

embodiment

Forget it, now it works for me also in Psycho. I don't know why it did not work initially, but now it is solved.

As always, thanks for your helps.

Candice

Hi! I'm having the same issue where the screen is not shown, but it is not fixed by putting a keyboard response after.

Here is the code for that particular screen:

Import the widgets library

from libopensesame import widgets

Create a form

form = widgets.form(exp, cols=[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1], rows=[2,1,3,1],
margins=(50,50,50,50), spacing=10)

TOP Left

diceL1 = widgets.label(form,text='[left1]', center=True)
diceL2 = widgets.label(form,text='[left2]', center=True)
diceL3 = widgets.label(form,text='[left3]', center=True)
diceL4 = widgets.label(form,text='[left4]', center=True)
diceL5 = widgets.label(form,text='[left5]', center=True)

Language Question

question = widgets.label(form,text='¿En qué idioma te gustaría responder?/\n\nIn what language would you like to respond?', center=True)

WAIT FOR PLAY MESSAGE

wait=widgets.label(form,text='Por favor espera a que el otro participante haga su jugada. \nPor favor recuerda no tocar la pantalla. \n\n\nPlease wait for the other participant to make the play.\nPlease remember not to touch the screen.', center=True)

#

TOP LEFT PART

form.set_widget(diceL1, (0,0), colspan=1)
form.set_widget(diceL2, (1,0), colspan=1)
form.set_widget(diceL3, (2,0), colspan=1)
form.set_widget(diceL4, (3,0), colspan=1)
form.set_widget(diceL5, (4,0), colspan=1)
form.set_widget(question, (0,1), colspan=5, rowspan = 2)
form.set_widget(wait, (6,1), colspan=3, rowspan = 2)

var.only_render="yes"

Any ideas??
Thank you!!

Candice

Scratch that. I was missing the form._exec() line!