MSDOS style Input field in python

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I'm hoping someone can help... I'm looking to create an input field that goes over dots in PYTHON... heres and example in MSDOS

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Norton_Utilities_6.01_UI.png Please look at the top input field file name, this is something similar I'm hoping to get help with...

Thanks in Advance

That won't work because it will either all go away when the user starts typing or the user will end up actually submitting a string of dots following the real text. — manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact, Feb 22 '17 at 20:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '17 at 20:07

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What have you tried so far?

You can use Python's input() to receive input, however that won't write over dots. If you wanted to create an interface similar to the linked screenshot, you will need to use the curses module.

answered Feb 22 '17 at 20:07

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ive been researching but i haven't had much luck :( , thank you for the swift help! Do you have an idea of a summary of code that would needed? – Lewis Hughes Feb 22 '17 at 20:41
I haven't used the curses module yet but it looks like there's a [good tutorial in the Python docs](https://docs.python.org/3/howto/curses.html#curses-howto) and another on [Tuxradar](http://www.tuxradar.com/content/code-project-build-ncurses-ui-python). – Hugo Feb 22 '17 at 22:24

MSDOS style Input field in python

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