How to disable default text_input "Enter" action

Arjun_Prasaath · July 23, 2023, 1:58pm

Would like to disable the default “Enter” action of text_input.

dataprofessor · July 24, 2023, 3:34pm

There’s the disabled parameter for the st.text_input() method.

An example of how I used this for an app is provided in the following code snippet:

query_text = st.text_input('Enter your query:', placeholder = 'Enter query here ...', disabled=not uploaded_file)

which is used in the GitHub repo:

github.com

dataprofessor/langchain-ask-the-data/blob/master/streamlit_app.py

import streamlit as st
import pandas as pd
from langchain.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
from langchain.agents import create_pandas_dataframe_agent
from langchain.agents.agent_types import AgentType

# Page title
st.set_page_config(page_title='🦜🔗 Ask the Data App')
st.title('🦜🔗 Ask the Data App')

# Load CSV file
def load_csv(input_csv):
  df = pd.read_csv(input_csv)
  with st.expander('See DataFrame'):
    st.write(df)
  return df

# Generate LLM response
def generate_response(csv_file, input_query):
  llm = ChatOpenAI(model_name='gpt-3.5-turbo-0613', temperature=0.2, openai_api_key=openai_api_key)

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Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Chanin

zyankarli · August 28, 2023, 8:13am

Hi everybody!
Thank you @dataprofessor for your answer.
Maybe I simply don’t understand your code correctly, but I don’t think your suggestion tackles the problem. I think @Arjun_Prasaath wants to deactivate the function of a text_input to submit the entire form when pressing enter after filling it out.
I am facing the same challenge. My app involves multiple text_input widgets, and I don’t want user to submit unintentionally too early by pressing enter to confirm their input.
In that sense, I don’t want to disable the widget, but just the function of submitting the whole form on one enter-click.

sa28 · September 10, 2023, 8:03pm

I’m also facing a similar issue. The default action upon pushing enter for a text_input widget in a form is to submit the form. This is not a desirable default if there are multiple text_input widgets. Making the hotkey, ⌘ + enter, to submit the form like it is for text_area would be a better solution.