text entry worked for the first time

dropdown.go

@@ -133,7 +133,24 @@ func dropdownUnclicked(w, h int) {
 }
 */
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
+func (tk *guiWidget) forceSizes(r *rectType) {
+	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = r.w0
+	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = r.w1
+	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = r.h0
+	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = r.h1
+
+	tk.full.w0 = r.w0
+	tk.full.w1 = r.w1
+	tk.full.h0 = r.h0
+	tk.full.h1 = r.h1
+
+	tk.force.w0 = r.w0
+	tk.force.w1 = r.w1
+	tk.force.h0 = r.h0
+	tk.force.h1 = r.h1
+}
+
+func (callertk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
 	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
 		// should only happen once
 		me.textbox.tk = makeNewFlagWidget(me.textbox.wId)
@@ -143,30 +160,51 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
 		log.Log(GOCUI, "showTextbox() Is Broken")
 		return
 	}
-	startW, startH := tk.Position()
+
-	me.textbox.tk.MoveToOffset(startW+3, startH+2)
+	tk := me.textbox.tk
+	r := new(rectType)
+	// startW, startH := tk.Position()
+	r.w0 = 50
+	r.h0 = 20
+	r.w1 = r.w0 + 24
+	r.h1 = r.h0 + 2
+	me.textbox.tk.forceSizes(r)
+	me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("after sizes")
+
 	me.textbox.tk.labelN = "holy cow"
+	me.textbox.tk.Show() // actually makes the gocui view. TODO: redo this
+
+	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
+		log.Info("wtf went wrong")
+		return
+	}
+
 	me.textbox.tk.setColorModal()
-	me.textbox.tk.Show()
+
+	me.textbox.tk.v.Editable = true
+	me.textbox.tk.v.Wrap = true
+
+	me.baseGui.SetView(me.textbox.tk.cuiName, r.w0, r.h0, r.w1, r.h1, 0)
+	me.baseGui.SetCurrentView(me.textbox.tk.v.Name())
+
 	me.textbox.active = true
-	me.textbox.callerTK = tk
+	me.textbox.callerTK = callertk
 
-	r := me.textbox.tk.gocuiSize // set the 'full' size so that mouse clicks are sent here
+	tk.dumpWidget("showTextbox()")
-	me.textbox.tk.full.w0 = r.w0
-	me.textbox.tk.full.w1 = r.w1
-	me.textbox.tk.full.h0 = r.h0
-	me.textbox.tk.full.h1 = r.h1
-
-	me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("showTextbox()")
 }
 
 // updates the text and sends an event back to the application
 func (tk *guiWidget) textboxClosed() {
-	tk.Hide()
-	me.textbox.active = false
-
 	// get the text the user entered
-	newname := tk.GetText()
+	newname := "testing"
+	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
+		newname = "wtf"
+	} else {
+		newname = me.textbox.tk.v.ViewBuffer()
+	}
+	me.textbox.active = false
+	tk.Hide()
+	log.Info("textbox closed", newname)
 
 	// change the text of the caller widget
 	me.textbox.callerTK.SetText(newname)