Is it possible to show text input fields on a sketchpad?

DK86

Hello,

I've built an experiment with a study phase, in which you see some words with their definitions on a sketchpad. Later in the experiment you get a text input form, which shows one of the words that were shown on the sketchpad, and you have to remember and enter the definition. Everything works fine up to this point.

Now I want to built a variation of this experiment and got some problems. The first part is the same, so you see a sketchpad with some words and their definitions.

But then I don't want to show a simple text input format but again a sketchpad. It should show the same words at the same positions (but just one after another, not all words at the same time). But now with a text input right below the word on the sketchpad, so that you have to insert the definition there.

Is it possible to create a text input field on a sketchpad or do I have to build this via an inline script? If I need an inline script, can I still build the first study phase with a sketchpad or should I build both with an inline script?

Greetings

DK

Daniel

Hi @DK86

The form items also allow showing images: https://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.3/manual/forms/widgets/

in that sense, you can compose a form that shows an image in the upper half (or larger space if desired) and a text field at the bottom half of the canvas.

You shouldn't need to use Python for this and can define the form in OpenSesame script.

Let me know if this helps.

DK86

Hi @Daniel ,

Thank you for your advice. I've tried this and I can create a form with a picture and a text widget, which works fine. So that's the good point, but I still have a question.

Let's say in the first part of the experiment the sketchpad shows the word "dog" at the position x=100, y=-100. In the second part (where I tried to create the form with the image and the text input) I want to show the word "dog" at the exact same position. But it seems that the widget doesn't allow to set the coordinates, but only postions like "upper half" or "lower half". Can I change the position of the picture more precisely in a form item?

Greetings

DK

eduard

Hi DK,

If your screen is made up the same way in the two phases, there is no reason why the word dog should appear at the same location. If there are other information on the screen, you indeed need to make sure that the position is close to identical.

Check out this part of the documentation: https://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.3/manual/forms/custom/

it explains how the widgets are being brought to a screen, how to split it up in fields, etc. So, if you build your screen, you can try to split it up in a lot of small fields, so that you can pretty precisely specify where to put the words.

Does that make sense?

Eudard