Manually Set Soft Keyboard to Landscape (Symbian)

xsacha

Hey
I have a QML program (but problem would be the same in Qt) where I have locked the screen orientation to Portrait as I don't want the interface to rotate.
However, there are occasions where I want the user to be able to input text. Even though the screen doesn't rotate, I wish the keyboard to rotate.

Right now, the user opens the keyboard in Landscape mode and gets a Portrait keyboard. I am tracking orientation with QtMobility.

So far the only solution I have thought of is to use a custom keyboard in QML like Colibri.

Does anyone know how I could manually rotate the soft keyboard in Qt? I have only seen methods for close and open keyboard in Qt so far.

Thanks

kamalakshantv

AFAIK there is no api available even in Symbian to force the virtual keyboard layout.

vsorokin

I think you will need develop custom keyboard.

kkrzewniak

Unfortunately there is no API for the Symbian virtual keyboard, so You will need to make a custom one.

kamalakshantv

I think making one for an app will be too time consuming. Check if you can find any ready to use 3rd party libraries.