Show default value for editing on Python input possible?

The standard library functions input() and raw_input() don't have this functionality. If you're using Linux you can use the readline module to define an input function that uses a prefill value and advanced line editing:

import readlinedef rlinput(prompt, prefill=''):   readline.set_startup_hook(lambda: readline.insert_text(prefill))   try:      return input(prompt)  # or raw_input in Python 2   finally:      readline.set_startup_hook()

I'm assuming you mean from the command-line. I've never seen initial values for command line prompts, they're usually of the form:

Folder [default] : 

which in code is simply:

res = raw_input('Folder [default] : ')res = res or 'default'

Alternatively, you can try to do something using the curses module in Python.

This works in windows.

import win32console_stdin = win32console.GetStdHandle(win32console.STD_INPUT_HANDLE)def input_def(prompt, default=''):    keys = []    for c in unicode(default):        evt = win32console.PyINPUT_RECORDType(win32console.KEY_EVENT)        evt.Char = c        evt.RepeatCount = 1        evt.KeyDown = True        keys.append(evt)    _stdin.WriteConsoleInput(keys)    return raw_input(prompt)if __name__ == '__main__':    name = input_def('Folder name: ')    print    print name