Re: [wxhaskell-users] Problem with getting string from textcontrol

[Malcolm W. <Mal...@cs...>]

Atif Iqbal <cs_...@ya...> wrote:

> I want to get string from text control, i tried like this
> 
> stxt    <- textEntry p [enabled := True]
> mytext  <- textCtrlGetValue stxt
> 
> but its not working 'mytext' remains empty always.

You are retrieving the text from the box immediately after _creating_
the box, which gives the user no time to edit it.  You need to read the
text only after the user has pushed a button to indicate that they have
finished editing.

Regards,
    Malcolm