prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit
Only first line of ValidationError message is displayed.
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Description
When the error message has multiple lines, only the first is displayed.
from prompt_toolkit.validation import Validator, ValidationError
from prompt_toolkit import prompt
class NumberValidator(Validator):
def validate(self, document):
text = document.text
if text and not text.isdigit():
i = 0
# Get index of fist non numeric character.
# We want to move the cursor here.
for i, c in enumerate(text):
if not c.isdigit():
break
raise ValidationError(message='This input contains non-numeric characters.\nTHIS IS NOT DISPLAYED.',
cursor_position=i)
number = int(prompt('Give a number: ', validator=NumberValidator()))
print('You said: %i' % number)
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Start by running the provided Validator and prompt example, then trace how ValidationError messages are rendered by the prompt_toolkit validation flow. Done means the complete multi-line message, including the second line, is displayed while preserving the reported cursor position.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
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- Estimated time
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