Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Syntactic Sentence Simplifier") as demo:
         "(you can edit the text afterwards)."
     )
 
-    # --- ONLY input box (editable) ---
+    # 1) Complex input
     input_text = gr.Textbox(
         lines=12,
         label="Original text",
@@ -1985,18 +1985,19 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Syntactic Sentence Simplifier") as demo:
         elem_classes=["input-text"],
     )
 
-    # --- ONLY output box ---
+    # 2) Bridge button (directly under input)
+    btn = gr.Button("Process & Simplify", variant="primary")
+
+    # 3) Simple output
     output_text = gr.Textbox(
         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) ---
+    # Examples / clear (under the whole stack, or under input if you prefer)
     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.",
@@ -2024,8 +2025,8 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Syntactic Sentence Simplifier") as demo:
         ex_btn = gr.Button(label, size="sm")
         ex_btn.click(
             fn=lambda current, s=ex: append_example(current, s),
-            inputs=input_text,   # read current box
-            outputs=input_text,  # write back to SAME box
+            inputs=input_text,
+            outputs=input_text,
         )
 
 print("Gradio interface ready. Starting web server...")