How to remove a textbox

cogprofessor
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How to remove a textbox Jun 9, 2022 15:27:36 GMT

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Post by cogprofessor on Jun 9, 2022 15:27:36 GMT

I have an experiment in which subjects see an example containing blanks. Below the example there are textboxes, and the subject is instructed to type what should be in the blanks into the textboxes. Then they see the example with the blanks filled in correctly so they can check their responses.

Then, the experiment moves on to a second trial with a new example. But I find that the textboxes, with whatever the subject typed in them, remain on the screen.

Nothing I've tried clears the textboxes. I've tried:

clear screen

clear textboxes

clear 1 (to clear the first textbox)

clear -1 (to clear the most recent textbox)

clear -17 (one of the textboxes is 17 lines back)

I've even tried show text " ... " at the textboxes location to try to overwrite it with text which is nothing but spaces.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance for your help.

PsyToolkit
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How to remove a textbox Jun 10, 2022 12:10:53 GMT

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Post by PsyToolkit on Jun 10, 2022 12:10:53 GMT

task test
keys enter
show text "press enter when ready" 0 -400
textbox new 0 0 700 400
textbox 1 focus
readkey 1 999999
textbox 1 clear
show rectangle 0 0 200 800 green
delay 1000
readkey 1 99999

block test
tasklist
test 1
end

cogprofessor
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How to remove a textbox Jun 10, 2022 16:57:32 GMT

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Post by cogprofessor on Jun 10, 2022 16:57:32 GMT

Thank you. I found that "textbox 1 clear" works to clear one textbox. I'm able to get by with one textbox, but in the future I may want to use two or more textboxes. When I used two, I find that "textbox 1 clear" cleared the first textbox. I expected that something like:

textbox 1 2 clear
or
textbox 1 clear
textbox 2 clear

would clear both. Now that I think about it, perhaps

textbox 1 clear #followed by (because now the second textbox is the first textbox)
textbox 1 clear #again. Maybe that would work.

Thanks again.