Alternative to Javascript prompt box for younger users

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Can anyone can suggest an alternative to Javascript prompt box that is better for young users?

prompt("Please enter your name:", "Harry Potter");

Check it out.

Since the input box needs to be designed for children, I want the prompt box to be more colorful and lively. Any suggested existing box that I can use?
The requirement is that I have to let the user enter a string, receiving it.

http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/ – j08691 Aug 10 '12 at 16:02 — j08691, Aug 10 '12 at 16:02

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '12 at 06:07

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Have you tried out BootBox?

Bootbox.js is a small JavaScript library which allows you to create programmatic dialog boxes using Twitter’s Bootstrap modals, without having to worry about creating, managing or removing any of the required DOM elements or JS event handlers.

It has a very neat alternative to the default JavaScript Prompt box.

answered Dec 28 '12 at 06:07

Vishnu

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Note that all current versions of bootbox are affected by an advisory: https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/882/versions – Elliot Sep 19 '19 at 09:53

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '12 at 16:05

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Have you tried the jQuery UI library?

Here you can see an example of a modal form

You can modify the styles or select from different themes.

answered Aug 10 '12 at 16:05

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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I find the browser's prompt (, confirm and delete) boxes extremely annoying.

Partly to solve this problem, I've written iocream.js. It's a sample wrapper around the DOM with two text-input methods: jin (read like C++ ' s cin) and jinarea.

You can find the docs at this bitbucket repo, and examples here.

Hope I helped.

EDIT: I've posted a similar answer here.

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answered Dec 14 '13 at 15:01

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 10 '12 at 16:05

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the Jquery UI one's good: http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/

answered Aug 10 '12 at 16:05

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 10 '12 at 16:11

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A jquery plugin named Impromptu gives you a lot of options not only for prompts but also for alerts and confirm boxes

answered Aug 10 '12 at 16:11

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 08 '18 at 11:31

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qtip2 is another nice free javascript library http://qtip2.com/

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answered Aug 10 '12 at 16:20

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Alternative to Javascript prompt box for younger users

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