Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1972,41 +1972,31 @@ custom_css = """
 
 with gr.Blocks(title="Syntactic Sentence Simplifier") as demo:
     gr.Markdown("# Syntactic Sentence Simplifier")
-    gr.Markdown("Paste text or pick an example, then click Process & Simplify.")
-
-    # ↓↓↓ THIS BLOCK GOES HERE ↓↓↓
-    input_text = gr.Textbox(
-        lines=10,
-        label="Original text",
-        placeholder="Paste your text here, or pick an example below...",
-        elem_classes=["input-text"],
-    )
-
-    output_text = gr.Textbox(
-        lines=10,
-        label="Simplified text",
-        elem_classes=["output-text"],
+    gr.Markdown(
+        "Paste text, or click examples to **add** them into the box below "
+        "(you can edit the text afterwards)."
     )
 
-    btn = gr.Button("Process & Simplify", variant="primary")
-    btn.click(fn=process_text, inputs=input_text, outputs=output_text)
-
+    # --- ONLY input box (editable) ---
     input_text = gr.Textbox(
-        lines=10,
+        lines=12,
         label="Original text",
         placeholder="Paste your text here, or add examples below...",
         elem_classes=["input-text"],
     )
 
+    # --- ONLY output box ---
     output_text = gr.Textbox(
-        lines=10,
+        lines=12,
         label="Simplified text",
         elem_classes=["output-text"],
     )
 
+    # --- ONLY process button ---
     btn = gr.Button("Process & Simplify", variant="primary")
     btn.click(fn=process_text, inputs=input_text, outputs=output_text)
 
+    # --- Examples: buttons that APPEND into input_text (same box) ---
     EXAMPLE_SENTENCES = [
         "John kicked the ball and walked to Leeds.",
         "John is one test, Mary, who lives in London, loves exams, and Bill eats bread.",
@@ -2016,7 +2006,6 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Syntactic Sentence Simplifier") as demo:
     ]
 
     def append_example(current_text, example):
-        """Add example to the box; separate multiple examples with a blank line."""
         example = (example or "").strip()
         if not example:
             return current_text or ""
@@ -2025,22 +2014,19 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Syntactic Sentence Simplifier") as demo:
             return example
         return current + "\n\n" + example
 
-    gr.Markdown("### Try an example (each click **adds** it to the box)")
+    gr.Markdown("### Add an example to the box above (click to append; then edit freely)")
 
-    with gr.Row():
-        clear_btn = gr.Button("Clear input", size="sm")
-    clear_btn.click(fn=lambda: "", inputs=None, outputs=input_text)
+    clear_btn = gr.Button("Clear input", size="sm")
+    clear_btn.click(fn=lambda: "", outputs=input_text)
 
     for ex in EXAMPLE_SENTENCES:
-        label = ex if len(ex) <= 90 else ex[:87] + "..."
+        label = ex if len(ex) <= 100 else ex[:97] + "..."
         ex_btn = gr.Button(label, size="sm")
-        # default-arg captures this sentence (avoids classic loop-closure bug)
         ex_btn.click(
             fn=lambda current, s=ex: append_example(current, s),
-            inputs=input_text,
-            outputs=input_text,
+            inputs=input_text,   # read current box
+            outputs=input_text,  # write back to SAME box
         )
-    # ↑↑↑ END OF UI ↑↑↑
 
 print("Gradio interface ready. Starting web server...")