Added command history

ui/events.go

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bahner/go-ma"
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
+	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 )
 
 // // displaySelfMessage writes a message from ourself to the message window,
@@ -25,9 +27,76 @@ func (ui *ChatUI) displaySystemMessage(msg string) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(ui.msgW, "%s %s\n", prompt, msg)
 }
 
+func (ui *ChatUI) setupInputField(inputField *tview.InputField, app *tview.Application) {
+	inputField.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
+		switch event.Key() {
+		case tcell.KeyUp:
+			if ui.currentHistoryIndex < len(ui.inputHistory)-1 {
+				ui.currentHistoryIndex++
+				input := ui.inputHistory[len(ui.inputHistory)-1-ui.currentHistoryIndex]
+				inputField.SetText(input)
+				return nil // event handled
+			}
+		case tcell.KeyDown:
+			if ui.currentHistoryIndex > 0 {
+				ui.currentHistoryIndex--
+				input := ui.inputHistory[len(ui.inputHistory)-1-ui.currentHistoryIndex]
+				inputField.SetText(input)
+				return nil // event handled
+			} else if ui.currentHistoryIndex == 0 {
+				ui.currentHistoryIndex = -1
+				inputField.SetText("") // Clear the input field
+				return nil             // event handled
+			}
+		}
+		return event // let other keys pass through
+	})
+
+	inputField.SetDoneFunc(func(key tcell.Key) {
+		if key == tcell.KeyEnter {
+			input := inputField.GetText()
+			if input != "" {
+				ui.inputHistory = append(ui.inputHistory, input) // Add to history
+				ui.currentHistoryIndex = -1                      // Reset index
+				ui.chInput <- input                              // Send input to be handled
+				inputField.SetText("")                           // Clear the input field
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	// the done func is called when the user hits enter, or tabs out of the field
+	inputField.SetDoneFunc(func(key tcell.Key) {
+		if key != tcell.KeyEnter {
+			// we don't want to do anything if they just tabbed away
+			return
+		}
+
+		line := inputField.GetText()
+		if len(line) == 0 {
+			// ignore blank lines
+			return
+		}
+
+		// bail if requested
+		if line == "/quit" {
+			app.Stop()
+			return
+		}
+
+		ui.inputHistory = append(ui.inputHistory, line)
+		ui.currentHistoryIndex = -1
+
+		// send the line onto the input chan and reset the field text
+		ui.chInput <- line
+		inputField.SetText("")
+	})
+
+}
+
 // handleEvents runs an event loop that sends user input to the chat room
 // and displays messages received from the chat room. It also periodically
 // refreshes the list of peers in the UI.
+
 func (ui *ChatUI) handleEvents() {
 	peerRefreshTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
 	defer peerRefreshTicker.Stop()
@@ -46,7 +115,6 @@ func (ui *ChatUI) handleEvents() {
 				ui.displayBroadcastMessage(m)
 				continue
 			}
-
 			ui.displayChatMessage(m)
 
 		case <-peerRefreshTicker.C:

ui/ui.go

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ type ChatUI struct {
 	broadcastCtx    context.Context
 	broadcastCancel context.CancelFunc
 
+	// History of entries
+	inputHistory        []string
+	currentHistoryIndex int
+
 	// The Topic is used for publication of messages after encryption and signing.
 	// The names are obviously, from the corresponding DIDDocument.
 
@@ -85,29 +89,6 @@ func NewChatUI(p *p2p.P2P, a *actor.Actor) (*ChatUI, error) {
 		SetFieldWidth(0).
 		SetFieldBackgroundColor(tcell.ColorBlack)
 
-	// the done func is called when the user hits enter, or tabs out of the field
-	input.SetDoneFunc(func(key tcell.Key) {
-		if key != tcell.KeyEnter {
-			// we don't want to do anything if they just tabbed away
-			return
-		}
-		line := input.GetText()
-		if len(line) == 0 {
-			// ignore blank lines
-			return
-		}
-
-		// bail if requested
-		if line == "/quit" {
-			app.Stop()
-			return
-		}
-
-		// send the line onto the input chan and reset the field text
-		chInput <- line
-		input.SetText("")
-	})
-
 	// make a text view to hold the list of peers in the room, updated by ui.refreshPeers()
 	peersList := tview.NewTextView()
 	peersList.SetBorder(true)
@@ -129,7 +110,7 @@ func NewChatUI(p *p2p.P2P, a *actor.Actor) (*ChatUI, error) {
 
 	app.SetRoot(flex, true)
 
-	return &ChatUI{
+	ui := &ChatUI{
 		a:         a,
 		p:         p,
 		app:       app,
@@ -139,7 +120,12 @@ func NewChatUI(p *p2p.P2P, a *actor.Actor) (*ChatUI, error) {
 		chInput:   chInput,
 		chMessage: make(chan *msg.Message, UI_MESSAGES_CHANNEL_BUFFERSIZE),
 		chDone:    make(chan struct{}, 1),
-	}, nil
+	}
+
+	// A little kludgy, but acceptable for now.
+	ui.setupInputField(input, app)
+
+	return ui, nil
 }
 
 // Run starts the chat event loop in the background, then starts