Adds new Processing sketch templates to enhance the user's initial coding experience in the Processing IDE.

app/src/processing/app/Base.java

@@ -586,9 +586,9 @@ public JMenu initDefaultFileMenu() {
     item.addActionListener(e -> handleNew());
     defaultFileMenu.add(item);
 
-    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItem(Language.text("menu.file.open"), 'O');
-    item.addActionListener(e -> handleOpenPrompt());
-    defaultFileMenu.add(item);
+//    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItem(Language.text("menu.file.open"), 'O');
+//    item.addActionListener(e -> handleOpenPrompt());
+//    defaultFileMenu.add(item);
 
     item = Toolkit.newJMenuItemShift(Language.text("menu.file.sketchbook"), 'K');
     item.addActionListener(e -> showSketchbookFrame());
@@ -598,6 +598,10 @@ public JMenu initDefaultFileMenu() {
     item.addActionListener(e -> thinkDifferentExamples());
     defaultFileMenu.add(item);
 
+    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItem(Language.text("menu.file.templates"), 'T');
+    //item.addActionListener(e -> handleTemplates());
+    defaultFileMenu.add(item);
+
     return defaultFileMenu;
   }
 
@@ -1288,6 +1292,8 @@ private void openContribBundle(String path) {
     });
   }
 
+//  Open templates to start with any work
+
 
   /**
    * Return true if it's an obvious sketch folder: only .pde files,

app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java

@@ -722,6 +722,13 @@ protected JMenu buildFileMenu(JMenuItem[] exportItems) {
     item.addActionListener(e -> handleSaveAs());
     fileMenu.add(item);
 
+    item = Toolkit.newJMenuItemShift(Language.text("menu.file.templates"), 'T');
+    //JMenuItem finalItem = item;
+    item.addActionListener(e -> handleTemplate());
+    fileMenu.add(item);
+
+
+
     if (exportItems != null) {
       for (JMenuItem ei : exportItems) {
         fileMenu.add(ei);
@@ -761,6 +768,36 @@ protected JMenu buildFileMenu(JMenuItem[] exportItems) {
     }
     return fileMenu;
   }
+  // Define the handleTemplate method to show different templates
+  private void handleTemplate() {
+    // Create a popup menu for templates
+    JPopupMenu templatesMenu = new JPopupMenu("Templates");
+
+    JMenuItem template1 = new JMenuItem("Animation Sketch");
+    template1.addActionListener(e -> insertTemplateCode(Template.animationSketchCode));
+    templatesMenu.add(template1);
+
+    JMenuItem template2 = new JMenuItem("Interactive Sketch");
+    template2.addActionListener(e -> insertTemplateCode(Template.interactiveSketchCode));
+    templatesMenu.add(template2);
+
+    JMenuItem template3 = new JMenuItem("Fullscreen Sketch");
+    template3.addActionListener(e -> insertTemplateCode(Template.fullscreenSketchCode));
+    templatesMenu.add(template3);
+
+    JMenuItem template4 = new JMenuItem("Resizeable Sketch");
+    template4.addActionListener(e -> insertTemplateCode(Template.resizeableSketchCode));
+    templatesMenu.add(template4);
+
+    // Show the popup menu at the location where the "Templates" menu item was clicked
+    templatesMenu.show(this, 0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Add this method to insert template code into the editor
+  private void insertTemplateCode(String templateCode) {
+    textarea.setText("");
+    insertText(templateCode);
+  }
 
 
   protected JMenu buildEditMenu() {

app/src/processing/app/ui/Template.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package processing.app.ui;
+
+public class Template {
+
+    // New templates
+    public static final String animationSketchCode =
+            "void setup() {\n" +
+                    "  size(500, 500);\n" +
+                    "  // write code that will be called once in this function\n" +
+                    "}\n\n" +
+                    "void draw() {\n" +
+                    "  // write code that will be called for every frame here\n" +
+                    "}";
+
+    public static final String interactiveSketchCode =
+            "void setup() {\n" +
+                    "  size(500, 500);\n" +
+                    "  // write code that will be called once in this function\n" +
+                    "}\n\n" +
+                    "void draw() {\n" +
+                    "  // write code that will be called for every frame here\n" +
+                    "}\n\n" +
+                    "void mousePressed() {\n" +
+                    "  ellipse(mouseX, mouseY, 20, 20);\n" +
+                    "  // write code that will run when you click\n" +
+                    "}";
+
+    public static final String fullscreenSketchCode =
+            "void setup() {\n" +
+                    "  fullScreen();  // create a fullscreen canvas\n" +
+                    "}\n\n" +
+                    "void draw() {\n" +
+                    "  circle(width / 2, height / 2, height * 0.5);\n" +
+                    "}";
+
+    public static final String resizeableSketchCode =
+            "void setup() {\n" +
+                    "  size(500, 500);\n" +
+                    "  windowResizable(true);\n" +
+                    "  // allow the window to be resized\n" +
+                    "}\n\n" +
+                    "void draw() {\n" +
+                    "  circle(width / 2, height / 2, min(width, height) * 0.5);\n" +
+                    "  // draw a circle that resizes with the window\n" +
+                    "}\n\n" +
+                    "void windowResized() {\n" +
+                    "  println(\"Window resized to: \" + width + \"x\" + height);\n" +
+                    "  // this function is called whenever the window is resized\n" +
+                    "}";
+}