attempting to force the "Running..." box in the corner

eventMouseClick.go

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func doMouseClick(w int, h int) {
 			tk.showDropdown()
 			return
 		case widget.Textbox:
-			tk.showTextbox()
+			tk.prepTextbox()
 			return
 		default:
 			// TODO: enable the GUI debugger in gocui

plugin.go

@@ -229,9 +229,15 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Disable() {
 	// log.Info("disable widget in gocui", tk.node.WidgetType, tk.node.ProgName())
 	switch tk.node.WidgetType {
 	case widget.Box:
-		tk.labelN = "Running..."
 		// log.Info("todo: blank out the window here", tk.String())
-		tk.showTextbox()
+		r := new(rectType)
+		// startW, startH := tk.Position()
+		r.w0 = 0
+		r.h0 = 0
+		r.w1 = r.w0 + 24
+		r.h1 = r.h0 + 2
+		me.textbox.tk.forceSizes(r)
+		showTextbox("Running...")
 		return
 	case widget.Button:
 		tk.setColorDisable()

textbox.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) forceSizes(r *rectType) {
 	tk.force.h1 = r.h1
 }
 
-func (callertk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
+func (callertk *guiWidget) prepTextbox() {
 	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
 		// should only happen once
 		me.textbox.tk = makeNewFlagWidget(me.textbox.wId)
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ func (callertk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// tk := me.textbox.tk
 	r := new(rectType)
 	// startW, startH := tk.Position()
 	r.w0 = callertk.gocuiSize.w0 + 4
@@ -50,6 +49,15 @@ func (callertk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
 	me.textbox.tk.forceSizes(r)
 	// me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("after sizes")
 
+	me.textbox.callerTK = callertk
+
+	showTextbox(callertk.String())
+}
+
+func showTextbox(callertk string) {
+	// tk := me.textbox.tk
+	// me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("after sizes")
+
 	me.textbox.tk.Show() // actually makes the gocui view. TODO: redo this
 
 	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
@@ -59,13 +67,14 @@ func (callertk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
 
 	me.textbox.tk.setColorModal()
 	me.textbox.tk.v.Clear()
-	cur := strings.TrimSpace(callertk.String())
+	cur := strings.TrimSpace(callertk)
 	// log.Info("setting textbox string to:", cur)
 	me.textbox.tk.v.WriteString(cur)
 
 	me.textbox.tk.v.Editable = true
 	me.textbox.tk.v.Wrap = true
 
+	r := me.textbox.tk.gocuiSize
 	me.baseGui.SetView(me.textbox.tk.cuiName, r.w0, r.h0, r.w1, r.h1, 0)
 	me.baseGui.SetCurrentView(me.textbox.tk.v.Name())
 
@@ -73,9 +82,8 @@ func (callertk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
 	me.baseGui.SetKeybinding(me.textbox.tk.v.Name(), gocui.KeyEnter, gocui.ModNone, theCloseTheTextbox)
 
 	me.textbox.active = true
-	me.textbox.callerTK = callertk
 
-	// tk.dumpWidget("showTextbox()")
+	// me.textbox.dumpWidget("showTextbox()")
 }
 
 func theCloseTheTextbox(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {