[webkit-qt] Fwd: QML Virtual Keyboard + QWebview Text Inputs?

[Martin Leutelt]

Hi, 
 


On August 23, 2013 at 11:50 PM Mitchell Verter <mitchell.verter at gmail.com>
wrote:


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> Hi.  I have designed a Virtual Keyboard using QML and am trying to use it in
> conjunction with a Qt (not QML) Webview. 
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> I've been following the clues given in this posting
> http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/11237. Namely:
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> (1) Create a custom object and then addToJavaScriptWindowObject
> [http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/qwebframe.html#addToJavaScriptWindowObject]
> (2) evaluateJavaScript
> [http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/qwebframe.html#evaluateJavaScript]   to
> manifest the custom object when the input is clicked
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> But I'm confused about how to direct the typed characters from the Virtual
> Keyboard to the TextInput/Javascript/DOM.  I can emit a signal, but how would
> that be used to fill out a form?  How could I keep the relationship between
> the Keyboard and the TextInput active for long enough to enter a string of
> characters?


You should be able to write a QML plugin (or provide an object to your
QDeclarativeView/QQuickView) that allows you to create QKeyEvents based on what
kind of key was pressed on your virtual keyboard and then pass them into your
WebView by using QCoreApplication::sendEvent.




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> The link above suggests:
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> QString [http://qt-project.org/doc/QString.html]
> WebBridge::openInputContext(constQString
> [http://qt-project.org/doc/QString.html] &orgtext)
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>     QString [http://qt-project.org/doc/QString.html] text =QInputDialog
> [http://qt-project.org/doc/QInputDialog.html] ::getText(NULL,"Input
> Box","Enter your text");
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>     return(!text.isNull())? text :orgtext;
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> }
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> This is very nice and I have been trying to adapt it by wrapping my QML
> Keyboard in a WebBridge that  inherits either from QDialog or from 
> QInputContext. 
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> No luck yet. Any ideas?
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> Thanks
> Mitchell
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Regards,
Martin

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