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Consider the following code

Manipulate[n,
 Dynamic@Grid[{
    {"n", Control[{{n, 1, ""}, 1, 10, 1, Appearance -> "Labeled"}]},
    {"eq1", Control[{{eq1, x == 1, ""}, InputField, ImageSize -> Small}]}
    }],
 Alignment -> {{Right, Left}, Automatic}, ControlPlacement -> Left]

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Now, my goal is to generate n InputField-type controls. That is, whenever I change the value of n, I add or remove equation controls with not only the correct labelling (eq1, eq2, etc), but also the correct variable labelling (within the Control, I get {eqi,x==1,""}} for each i between 1 and n). How can I do this efficiently?

A first idea that occured to me was to simply use Table, something like

Manipulate[n,
 Dynamic@Grid[{
    {"n", Control[{{n, 1, ""}, 1, 10, 1, Appearance -> "Labeled"}]},
    Table[{"eqi", 
      Control[{{eqi, x == 1, ""}, InputField, ImageSize -> Small}]}, {i, n}]
    }],
 Alignment -> {{Right, Left}, Automatic}, ControlPlacement -> Left]

where I am, for the moment, ignoring the relabelling bit (i should be 1, 2, etc). This, however, doesn't work, since I get

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I tried to use Flatten, Column and Sequence@@, but no success. I want to have something like

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In the end, I have two questions:

  1. How do I fix the layout of the Table controls?
  2. How do I introduce new variables and controls with the correct ordered labelling?

Any ideas/suggestions are appreciated.

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  • $\begingroup$ Regarding the labelling, it seems that StringForm does the trick. I still don't know how to do the variable labelling though. $\endgroup$
    – sam wolfe
    Commented Mar 2, 2020 at 15:06

1 Answer 1

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Manipulate[Column[{n, Column[eq[[;; n]]]}, Dividers -> 1], 
  {{eq, ConstantArray[x == 1, 15]}, ControlType -> None},
  Dynamic@Grid[Join[{{"n", Control@{{n, 1, ""}, 1, 15, 1, Appearance -> "Labeled"}}}, 
     Table[With[{i = i}, {Style["eq" <> ToString@i, 12], 
       InputField[Dynamic[eq[[i]]], ImageSize -> Small]}], 
       {i, n}]]], 
  Alignment -> {{Right, Left}, Automatic}, 
  ControlPlacement -> Left]

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  • $\begingroup$ My answer is based on your code from the linked question. This answer, however, does not address 1. I do intend to keep the Grid encapsulating all controls, including n. That's why I used Sequence@@. Thank you nonetheless. $\endgroup$
    – sam wolfe
    Commented Mar 3, 2020 at 14:57
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    $\begingroup$ @samwolfe, pls see the update. $\endgroup$
    – kglr
    Commented Mar 3, 2020 at 15:05

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