GCode entry screen

[johnboiles]

I'm thinking about building a GCode entry screen in addition to the existing axes workspace and connection screens. I think the buttons would be something like this:

☰ ======= > x
    G 7 8 9 <  
    M 4 5 6 ⏘
      1 2 3 
      - 0 .

Thoughts or suggestions?

[MitchBradley]

Cncjs-shopfloor-tablet has a pop up calculator that appears when you touch a numeric field. It could be adapted to be a separate screen like you suggest

[MitchBradley]

More thoughts: about the second time you use it you will wish for full MDI which means you will need X Y Z F and maybe A S P. But you will run out of LCD real estate pretty fast so how about this: there is an MDI screen with those letters and when you enter a letter it switches to the number entry screen (or calculator). When you finish a number it goes back to the MDI screen where you can enter the next letter - then to the number screen again, etc

[MitchBradley]

Oh, and having at least two saved MDIs is super handy so the top level MDI screen might have multiple slots

[johnboiles]

I think you have 6x5 spaces for buttons maybe 6x6 even. What about

☰ ===== > x
G X 7 8 9 <  
M Y 4 5 6 ⏘
A Z 1 2 3 -
S F P 0 .

Where the ===== would show the GCode, < is a backspace icon, > is run, x means clear all, ⏘ means space

[johnboiles]

Your idea about switching / popups is good, just adds some complexity. It could even be context aware and only show/enable buttons that would be valid next inputs based on what was written so far.

Though thinking I want to start simple so that I have a better shot of finding time for this.