Polish mobile text entry: commit button, keyboard-aware placement, code kind.

Author: efroemling

.efrocachemap

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### 1.8.0 (build 22988, api 9, 2026-08-19)
+### 1.8.0 (build 22989, api 9, 2026-08-19)
 - Fully implemented asset packages (more on this soon)
 - App-config committing (dirty-tracking, debounced disk writes, and
   suspend/shutdown flushes) now lives fully in `babase` instead of routing

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "bauiv1lib": "buil"
   },
   "efrocache_repository_url": "https://files.ballistica.net/cache/ba1",
-  "engine_build_number": 22988,
+  "engine_build_number": 22989,
   "name": "BallisticaKit",
   "public": true,
   "python_paths": [
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@
     "tests",
     "config"
   ],
-  "version": "1.8.0a93"
+  "version": "1.8.0a94"
 }

pconfig/projectconfig.json

@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ class StringEditKind(Enum):
     #: chrome around the field.
     CHAT = 'chat'
 
+    #: Source code or a command line. Edit UIs should turn off
+    #: autocorrection, autocapitalization and smart punctuation, all of
+    #: which corrupt code (smart quotes alone are a syntax error), and
+    #: should treat their action key as 'run': a commit from it carries
+    #: through to the target's return-press behavior, while a commit
+    #: from tapping away just fills the value in.
+    CODE = 'code'
+
 
 class StringEditSubsystem:
     """Full string-edit state for the app.

src/assets/ba_data/python/babase/_stringedit.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, override
 
-from babase._stringedit import StringEditAdapter
+from babase._stringedit import StringEditAdapter, StringEditKind
 import _babase
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -20,14 +20,25 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         max_length = None
         screen_space_center = None
         super().__init__(
-            description, initial_text, max_length, screen_space_center
+            description,
+            initial_text,
+            max_length,
+            screen_space_center,
+            kind=StringEditKind.CODE,
         )
 
     @override
     def _do_apply(self, new_text: str) -> None:
         _babase.set_dev_console_input_text(new_text)
         _babase.dev_console_input_adapter_finish()
 
+    @override
+    def _do_submit(self) -> None:
+        # Runs after _do_apply, so the line we run is the one just
+        # typed. Tapping away from the editor applies without
+        # submitting, which fills the input in without running it.
+        _babase.dev_console_exec()
+
     @override
     def _do_cancel(self) -> None:
         _babase.dev_console_input_adapter_finish()

src/assets/ba_data/python/babase/_ui.py

@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 
 # Build number and version of the ballistica binary we expect to be
 # using.
-TARGET_BALLISTICA_BUILD = 22988
-TARGET_BALLISTICA_VERSION = '1.8.0a93'
+TARGET_BALLISTICA_BUILD = 22989
+TARGET_BALLISTICA_VERSION = '1.8.0a94'
 
 
 @dataclass

src/assets/ba_data/python/baenv.py

@@ -1873,6 +1873,32 @@ static PyMethodDef PyDevConsoleInputAdapterFinishDef = {
     ":meta private:\n",
 };
 
+// -------------------------- dev_console_exec ---------------------------------
+
+static auto PyDevConsoleExec(PyObject* self) -> PyObject* {
+  BA_PYTHON_TRY;
+  BA_PRECONDITION(g_base->InLogicThread());
+  auto* console = g_base->ui->dev_console();
+  BA_PRECONDITION(console);
+  console->Exec();
+  Py_RETURN_NONE;
+  BA_PYTHON_CATCH;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef PyDevConsoleExecDef = {
+    "dev_console_exec",             // name
+    (PyCFunction)PyDevConsoleExec,  // method
+    METH_NOARGS,                    // flags
+
+    "dev_console_exec() -> None\n"
+    "\n"
+    ":meta private:\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Run the dev console's current input, exactly as its Exec button\n"
+    "and the return key do. Used by the platform string editor to make\n"
+    "a submit-style commit run the line instead of just filling it in.\n",
+};
+
 // -------------------------- audio_shutdown_begin -----------------------------
 
 static auto PyAudioShutdownBegin(PyObject* self) -> PyObject* {
@@ -2067,6 +2093,7 @@ auto PythonMethodsBase1::GetMethods() -> std::vector<PyMethodDef> {
       PyGetDevConsoleInputTextDef,
       PySetDevConsoleInputTextDef,
       PyDevConsoleInputAdapterFinishDef,
+      PyDevConsoleExecDef,
       PyAudioShutdownBeginDef,
       PyAudioShutdownIsCompleteDef,
       PyGraphicsShutdownBeginDef,

src/ballistica/base/python/methods/python_methods_base_1.cc

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ auto main(int argc, char** argv) -> int {
 namespace ballistica {
 
 // These are set automatically via script; don't modify them here.
-const int kEngineBuildNumber = 22988;
-const char* kEngineVersion = "1.8.0a93";
+const int kEngineBuildNumber = 22989;
+const char* kEngineVersion = "1.8.0a94";
 const int kEngineApiVersion = 9;
 
 #if BA_MONOLITHIC_BUILD