Question handlers

interrogatio 1.0.0 has these built-in type of handlers:

• input: for strings and numbers
• password: for password
• selectone: like a radio list, users have to choose one value from a list of choices.
• selectmany: like a checkbox list, users can choose multiple values within a list of choices.

input

The input handler prompts the user for a string or a number. You can provide it with a default value.

password

The password handler hides the user input with an asterisk symbol.

selectone

The selectone handler allow the user to choose from a list of values. To choose a value, users can move up and down the list with the arrow keys, select a value using the space key and accept the answer using the enter key.

The list of values to choose from must be provided as a list of tuples (or two element lists) where, like a html radio input, the first element of the tuple is the value and the second one is the label.

selectmany

The selectone handler allow the user to choose multiple answers from a list of values.

To choose a value, users can move up and down the list with the arrow keys, select a value using the space key and accept the answer using the enter key.

The list of values to choose from must be provided as a list of tuples (or two element lists) where, like a html radio input, the first element of the tuple is the value and the second one is the label.

This input handler return a list with the chosen values.

maskedinput

The maskedinput handler allow the user to enter an input given a mask.

date

The date handler allow the user to enter a date.

daterange

The daterange handler allow the user to enter a range of dates.