Use click features for project creation prompts

kedro/framework/cli/starters.py

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ def _kedro_version_equal_or_lower_to_starters(version: str) -> bool:
     "pyspark": "6",
     "viz": "7",
 }
+
 NUMBER_TO_TOOLS_NAME = {
     "1": "Linting",
     "2": "Testing",
@@ -311,8 +312,18 @@ def starter() -> None:
 @click.option("--starter", "-s", "starter_alias", help=STARTER_ARG_HELP)
 @click.option("--checkout", help=CHECKOUT_ARG_HELP)
 @click.option("--directory", help=DIRECTORY_ARG_HELP)
-@click.option("--tools", "-t", "selected_tools", help=TOOLS_ARG_HELP)
-@click.option("--name", "-n", "project_name", help=NAME_ARG_HELP)
+@click.option(
+    "--name",
+    "-n",
+    "project_name",
+    help=NAME_ARG_HELP,
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--tools",
+    "-t",
+    "selected_tools",
+    help=TOOLS_ARG_HELP,
+)
 @click.option("--example", "-e", "example_pipeline", help=EXAMPLE_ARG_HELP)
 @click.option("--telemetry", "-tc", "telemetry_consent", help=TELEMETRY_ARG_HELP)
 def new(  # noqa: PLR0913
@@ -337,6 +348,7 @@ def new(  # noqa: PLR0913
         "example": example_pipeline,
         "telemetry_consent": telemetry_consent,
     }
+
     _validate_flag_inputs(flag_inputs)
     starters_dict = _get_starters_dict()
 
@@ -381,6 +393,7 @@ def new(  # noqa: PLR0913
     shutil.rmtree(tmpdir, onerror=_remove_readonly)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
     # Obtain config, either from a file or from interactive user prompts.
+
     extra_context = _get_extra_context(
         prompts_required=prompts_required,
         config_path=config_path,
@@ -727,7 +740,8 @@ def _fetch_validate_parse_config_from_file(
 
 
 def _fetch_validate_parse_config_from_user_prompts(
-    prompts: dict[str, Any], cookiecutter_context: OrderedDict | None
+    prompts: dict[str, Any],
+    cookiecutter_context: OrderedDict | None,
 ) -> dict[str, str]:
     """Interactively obtains information from user prompts.
 
@@ -739,9 +753,6 @@ def _fetch_validate_parse_config_from_user_prompts(
         Configuration for starting a new project. This is passed as ``extra_context``
             to cookiecutter and will overwrite the cookiecutter.json defaults.
     """
-    from cookiecutter.environment import StrictEnvironment
-    from cookiecutter.prompt import read_user_variable, render_variable
-
     if not cookiecutter_context:
         raise Exception("No cookiecutter context available.")
 
@@ -751,14 +762,16 @@ def _fetch_validate_parse_config_from_user_prompts(
         prompt = _Prompt(**prompt_dict)
 
         # render the variable on the command line
-        cookiecutter_variable = render_variable(
-            env=StrictEnvironment(context=cookiecutter_context),
-            raw=cookiecutter_context.get(variable_name),
-            cookiecutter_dict=config,
-        )
+        default_value = cookiecutter_context.get(variable_name) or ""
 
         # read the user's input for the variable
-        user_input = read_user_variable(str(prompt), cookiecutter_variable)
+        user_input = click.prompt(
+            str(prompt),
+            default=default_value,
+            show_default=True,
+            type=str,
+        ).strip()
+
         if user_input:
             prompt.validate(user_input)
             config[variable_name] = user_input
@@ -997,9 +1010,17 @@ def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         self.error_message = kwargs.get("error_message", "")
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
+        # Format the title with optional color
         title = self.title.strip().title()
-        title = click.style(title + "\n" + "=" * len(title), bold=True)
-        prompt_lines = [title, self.text]
+        title = click.style(title, fg="cyan", bold=True)
+        title_line = "=" * len(self.title)
+        title_line = click.style(title_line, fg="cyan", bold=True)
+
+        # Format the main text
+        text = self.text.strip()
+
+        # Combine everything
+        prompt_lines = [title, title_line, text]
         prompt_text = "\n".join(str(line).strip() for line in prompt_lines)
         return f"\n{prompt_text}\n"