Remove text input and type directly into the playfield

src/Main.gd

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var letters := []
 var target_word: String
 var current_guess: int
 var ended: bool
+var input_guess: String
 
 onready var error_text_color_default = $C/V/V/ErrorText.get("custom_colors/font_color")
 
@@ -45,27 +46,53 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	current_guess = 0
 	ended = false
 
-	$C/V/V/H/GuessText.grab_focus()
+
+func type_letter(letter: String) -> void:
+	if ended or input_guess.length() >= 5:
+		return
+	var index := input_guess.length()
+	letter = letter[0]
+	input_guess += letter
+	var letter_instance := letters[current_guess][index] as ColorRect
+	letter_instance.get_node("Label").text = letter
+
+
+func backspace() -> void:
+	if ended or input_guess.length() <= 0:
+		return
+	input_guess = input_guess.substr(0, input_guess.length() - 1)
+	var index := input_guess.length()
+	var letter_instance := letters[current_guess][index] as ColorRect
+	letter_instance.get_node("Label").text = ""
+
+
+func _unhandled_key_input(event: InputEventKey) -> void:
+	if event.is_pressed():
+		var scancode = event.get_scancode()
+		if scancode >= KEY_A and scancode <= KEY_Z:
+			var letter := OS.get_scancode_string(scancode)
+			type_letter(letter)
+			get_tree().set_input_as_handled()
+		elif scancode == KEY_BACKSPACE:
+			backspace()
+			get_tree().set_input_as_handled()
+		elif scancode == KEY_ENTER:
+			guess_entered()
+			get_tree().set_input_as_handled()
 
 
 func _on_GuessButton_pressed() -> void:
-	var guess_text_node := find_node("GuessText") as LineEdit
+	guess_entered()
-	var guess := guess_text_node.text.to_upper()
-	guess_entered(guess)
 
 
-func _on_GuessText_text_entered(new_text: String) -> void:
+func guess_entered() -> void:
-	guess_entered(new_text)
-
-
-func guess_entered(guess: String) -> void:
 	if current_guess >= guess_count:
 		return
-	guess = guess.to_upper()
+	input_guess = input_guess.to_upper()
-	if guess.length() != letter_count:
+	if input_guess.length() != letter_count:
 		show_error("Word must be five characters.")
 		return
-	if not Global.is_valid_word(guess):
+	if not Global.is_valid_word(input_guess):
 		show_error("Not a recognized word.")
 		return
 
@@ -77,7 +104,7 @@ func guess_entered(guess: String) -> void:
 
 	# Mark all greens
 	for i in range(letter_count):
-		var guess_letter := guess[i]
+		var guess_letter := input_guess[i]
 		var target_letter := target_word[i]
 
 		var letter_instance := letters[current_guess][i] as ColorRect
@@ -96,7 +123,7 @@ func guess_entered(guess: String) -> void:
 		if letter_instance.color == color_correct:
 			# Ignore things that are already green
 			continue
-		var guess_letter := guess[i]
+		var guess_letter := input_guess[i]
 		var found := false
 		for j in range(letters_remaining.size()):
 			if letters_remaining[j] == guess_letter:
@@ -109,20 +136,19 @@ func guess_entered(guess: String) -> void:
 			letter_instance.color = color_incorrect
 
 	current_guess += 1
-	var guess_text_node := find_node("GuessText") as LineEdit
-	guess_text_node.text = ""
 
 	var won := false
 
-	if guess == target_word:
+	if input_guess == target_word:
 		ended = true
 		won = true
 	elif current_guess >= guess_count:
 		ended = true
 
+	input_guess = ""
+
 	if ended:
 		find_node("GuessButton").disabled = true
-		find_node("GuessText").editable = false
 		if won:
 			show_error("Congrats! You won!", Color(0.4, 0.9, 0.6))
 		else:

src/Main.tscn

@@ -49,26 +49,26 @@ __meta__ = {
 }
 
 [node name="V" type="VBoxContainer" parent="C"]
-margin_left = 70.0
+margin_left = 209.0
-margin_top = 377.0
+margin_top = 379.0
-margin_right = 570.0
+margin_right = 430.0
-margin_bottom = 582.0
+margin_bottom = 580.0
 custom_constants/separation = 20
 __meta__ = {
 "_edit_use_anchors_": false
 }
 
 [node name="Title" type="Label" parent="C/V"]
-margin_right = 500.0
+margin_right = 221.0
 margin_bottom = 82.0
 custom_fonts/font = SubResource( 1 )
 text = "Gordle"
 align = 1
 
 [node name="LetterGrid" type="GridContainer" parent="C/V"]
-margin_left = 250.0
+margin_left = 110.0
 margin_top = 102.0
-margin_right = 250.0
+margin_right = 110.0
 margin_bottom = 102.0
 grow_horizontal = 2
 size_flags_horizontal = 4
@@ -78,36 +78,22 @@ columns = 5
 
 [node name="V" type="VBoxContainer" parent="C/V"]
 margin_top = 122.0
-margin_right = 500.0
+margin_right = 221.0
-margin_bottom = 205.0
+margin_bottom = 201.0
 
 [node name="ErrorText" type="Label" parent="C/V/V"]
-margin_right = 500.0
+margin_right = 221.0
 margin_bottom = 28.0
 custom_colors/font_color = Color( 1, 0.31, 0.31, 1 )
 custom_fonts/font = SubResource( 2 )
 align = 1
 
-[node name="H" type="HBoxContainer" parent="C/V/V"]
+[node name="GuessButton" type="Button" parent="C/V/V"]
+margin_left = 53.0
 margin_top = 32.0
-margin_right = 500.0
+margin_right = 167.0
-margin_bottom = 83.0
+margin_bottom = 79.0
-rect_min_size = Vector2( 500, 0 )
 size_flags_horizontal = 4
-custom_constants/separation = 12
-
-[node name="GuessText" type="LineEdit" parent="C/V/V/H"]
-margin_right = 374.0
-margin_bottom = 51.0
-size_flags_horizontal = 3
-max_length = 5
-caret_blink = true
-caret_blink_speed = 0.5
-
-[node name="GuessButton" type="Button" parent="C/V/V/H"]
-margin_left = 386.0
-margin_right = 500.0
-margin_bottom = 51.0
 text = "Guess"
 
 [node name="MenuButton" type="Button" parent="."]
@@ -126,6 +112,5 @@ __meta__ = {
 [node name="ErrorFadeOut" type="AnimationPlayer" parent="."]
 anims/ErrorFadeOut = SubResource( 3 )
 
-[connection signal="text_entered" from="C/V/V/H/GuessText" to="." method="_on_GuessText_text_entered"]
+[connection signal="pressed" from="C/V/V/GuessButton" to="." method="_on_GuessButton_pressed"]
-[connection signal="pressed" from="C/V/V/H/GuessButton" to="." method="_on_GuessButton_pressed"]
 [connection signal="pressed" from="MenuButton" to="." method="_on_MenuButton_pressed"]

src/Menu.tscn

@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ font_data = ExtResource( 1 )
 anchor_right = 1.0
 anchor_bottom = 1.0
 script = ExtResource( 2 )
-__meta__ = {
-"_edit_use_anchors_": false
-}
 
 [node name="C" type="CenterContainer" parent="."]
 anchor_right = 1.0