Getting text from TextFiled before "OK" on keyboard is clicked

Marek

Hi,

I would like to have user entered text from TextField before users press "OK" on keyboard on the phone.
Now I'm using onTextChanged but on the phone it is emitted when user press "OK" on keyboard, how to get text as the user enters it ?

Best Regards
Marek

below id MyTextFiled.qml

import QtQuick 2.9
import QtQuick.Controls 2.2
import QtQuick.Controls.impl 2.2
import QtQuick.Templates 2.2 as T

T.TextField {
    id: control

    implicitWidth: Math.max(background ? background.implicitWidth : 0,
                            placeholderText ? placeholder.implicitWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding : 0)
                            || contentWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding
    implicitHeight: Math.max(contentHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding,
                             background ? background.implicitHeight : 0,
                             placeholder.implicitHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding)

    padding: 6
    leftPadding: padding + 4

    opacity: enabled ? 1 : 0.2
    color: Default.textColor
    selectionColor: Default.textSelectionColor
    selectedTextColor: color
    verticalAlignment: TextInput.AlignVCenter

    PlaceholderText {
        id: placeholder
        x: control.leftPadding
        y: control.topPadding
        width: control.width - (control.leftPadding + control.rightPadding)
        height: control.height - (control.topPadding + control.bottomPadding)

        text: control.placeholderText
        font: control.font
        color: Default.textDisabledColor
        verticalAlignment: control.verticalAlignment
        visible: !control.length && !control.preeditText && (!control.activeFocus || control.horizontalAlignment !== Qt.AlignHCenter)
        elide: Text.ElideRight
    }
    background: Item {
        implicitHeight: 50
        BorderImage {
            source: "images/textinput.png"
            border.left: 8
            border.right: 8
            anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
            anchors.left: parent.left
            anchors.right: parent.right
        }
    }
}

Marek

Really no one knows the answer?
For instance in Google Map application when I'm typing place to go, below there are listed hints as I type, and in Qt when I type text it appears in TextFiled so somehow app must know this text.
Maybe to use different type not TextField, tried TextInput but no difference.

Marek

VRonin

You can use TextInput instead of TextField, it has a textEdited signal

Marek

something strange, I have tried this earlier, when I compile app I got

"TextInput.onTextEdited" is not available in QtQuick 2.7.

VRonin

that's implemented from Qt5.9 onwards, you can use onTextChanged for earlier versions

Marek

I have Qt 5.9.1 so something must be messed up.
I have set option

inputMethodHints: Qt.ImhNoPredictiveText;

and now signal onTextChanged is emitted from TextField as I type.
But it is still different from other apps, because signal should be emitted event with predictiveText as in Google Maps app.

ok I got it, need to import QtQuick 2.9 not 2.7