Add print question type to dictionary style prompt

[PhML]

Describe the problem

With version 1.10.0 when I want to use both prompt with dictionary and print question type, I need to call several prompts and to merge answers:

from pprint import pprint
from questionary import Separator, prompt
from questionary import print as qprint

def ask_dictstyle(**kwargs):
    questions = [
        {
            "type": "text",
            "name": "first",
            "message": "Your first message:",
        },
        {
            "type": "text",
            "name": "second",
            "message": "Your second message",
        },
    ]

    answers = prompt(questions)
    qprint("Oh! I need to give somme fancy explanations about what’s next!🦄", style="bold italic fg:darkred")
    questions = [
        {
            "type": "select",
            "name": "third",
            "message": "Select item",
            "choices": ["item1", "item2", Separator(), "other"],
        },
    ]
    answers.update(prompt(questions))
    return answers

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pprint(ask_dictstyle())

Describe the solution

Adding print type to prompt dictionary would resolve the issue:

from pprint import pprint
from questionary import Separator, prompt

def ask_dictstyle(**kwargs):
    questions = [
        {
            "type": "text",
            "name": "first",
            "message": "Your first message:",
        },
        {
            "type": "text",
            "name": "second",
            "message": "Your second message",
        },
        {
            "type": "print",
            "name": "help", #  Do I need a name?
            "message": "Oh! I need to give somme fancy explanations about what’s next!🦄",
            "style": "bold italic fg:darkred",
        },
        {
            "type": "select",
            "name": "third",
            "message": "Select item",
            "choices": ["item1", "item2", Separator(), "other"],
        },
    ]
    return prompt(questions)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pprint(ask_dictstyle())

Alternatives considered

No response

[tmbo]

Oh that is a really good point - @PhML I'd love to merge this as a contribution, any chance you can take a stab at it? Happy to provide pointers and help out

[RhetTbull]

Anyone working a PR for this? I'm willing to take a stab at it if no one is.

[RhetTbull]

I've got a basic implementation working. Question for those interested in this feature: should it work with the qmark value or not? I think it makes sense that if you're just printing a message, you don't want/need to the qmark value (that is, print type would just print message with style style and ignore qmark) but open to feedback.

Python 3.10.5 (main, Jun 23 2022, 17:18:49) [Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)] on darwin
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>>> from questionary import prompt
>>> prompt([{"name": "name", "type": "text", "message": "What is your name"},{"name": "printme", "type": "print", "message": "Hello Rhet 🦄", "style": "bold italic fg:darkred", "qmark": True, "when": lambda x: x["name"] == "Rhet"}])
? What is your name Rhet
Hello Rhet 🦄
{'name': 'Rhet'}
>>>

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[kiancross]

I think it makes sense that if you're just printing a message, you don't want/need to the qmark value (that is, print type would just print message with style style and ignore qmark)

I agree with this.

Thanks for working on a PR :)

[tmbo]

Nice work 🎉 , do you mind opening a PR?

[RhetTbull]

Yes, I'm working on a PR but I'm reworking the implementation because I feel it's a bit too "hacky" at the moment. I initially wanted to avoid modifying prompt() so I added a new prompt type that subclasses Question which just prints without asking so that when prompt calls Question.ask_unsafe(), everything 'just works'. This is not super intuitive though so I think it would be cleaner to just have prompt() handle the print. As soon as I get a chance to fix this I'll push a PR!

[RhetTbull]

PR submitted (#244)