.. meta:: :description: Orange Textable documentation, cookbook, import text from keyboard :keywords: Orange, Textable, documentation, cookbook, import, text, keyboard Import text from keyboard ========================= Goal ---- Input text using keyboard for further processing with Orange Textable. Ingredients ----------- ============== ======= **Widget** :ref:`Text Field` **Icon** |text_field_icon| **Quantity** 1 ============== ======= .. |text_field_icon| image:: figures/TextField_36.png Procedure --------- .. _import_text_keyboard_fig1: .. figure:: figures/text_field_example.png :align: center :alt: Example usage of widget Text Field Figure 1: Importing a string using widget :ref:`Text Field`. 1. Create an instance of :ref:`Text Field` on the canvas. 2. Open its interface by double-clicking on the created instance. 3. Type text in the text field at the top of the interface. 4. Click the **Send** button (or make sure the **Send automatically** checkbox is selected). 5. A segmentation covering the input text is then available on the :ref:`Text Field` instance's output connections; to display or export it, see :ref:`Cookbook: Text output `. See also -------- * :doc:`Getting started: Keyboard input and segmentation display ` * :ref:`Reference: Text Field widget ` * :ref:`Cookbook: Text output `