added a getInputText API, cleaner and more robust than the .text attribute which is often updated too late in event handlers after a redraw

examples/toychat.nim

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var allMessages: seq[TextMessage] = @[]
 
 proc doSendMessage() =
   let inputField = getVNodeById(message)
-  allMessages.add(TextMessage(name: "you", content: inputField.text))
+  allMessages.add(TextMessage(name: "you", content: inputField.getInputText))
   inputField.setInputText ""
 
 proc main(): VNode =

karax.nimble

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "1.1.3"
+version       = "1.2.0"
 author        = "Andreas Rumpf"
 description   = "Karax is a framework for developing single page applications in Nim."
 license       = "MIT"

karax/karax.nim

@@ -809,6 +809,10 @@ proc setInputText*(n: VNode; s: cstring) =
   n.text = s
   if n.dom != nil: n.dom.value = s
 
+proc getInputText*(n: VNode): cstring =
+  if n.dom != nil:
+    result = n.dom.value
+
 proc toChecked*(checked: bool): cstring =
   (if checked: cstring"checked" else: cstring(nil))
 

readme.rst

@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ captures the ``field`` parameter:
 
   proc validateNotEmpty(field: kstring): proc () =
     result = proc () =
-      let x = getVNodeById(field)
+      let x = getVNodeById(field).getInputText
-      if x.text.isNil or x.text == "":
+      if x.isNil or x == "":
         errors.setError(field, field & " must not be empty")
       else:
         errors.setError(field, "")