How to use qtvirtualkeyboard with qwidget?

[stevemenke]

Did you ever figure this out? I am trying to do the same thing. I have a legacy application written using QWidgets. I want to add the QtVirtualKeyboard plugin. I have it working in Desktop mode. But I want to integrate it into the application as you have shown.

Thanks,

Steve

[Vevinlong]

@stevemenke
Sorry to be so late, I don't login this for a long time. I use a KeyboardPanel which is inherited from QQuichWidget to load a qml file which including the InputPanel. The KeyboardPanel should be a child of mainwindow, so that it couldbe shown over others children widgets. You can contact with me by email: vevinlong@163.com

<Mainwindow>
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
{
    ...
    m_pKeyboardPanel = KeyboardPanel::getInstance();
    m_pKeyboardPanel->setSource(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/inputpanel.qml")));
    m_pKeyboardPanel->setParent(this);
    ...
}

//you need install filter for every lineedit which needs keyboard
bool MainWindow::eventFilter(QObject* watched, QEvent* event)
{
    ...
    m_pKeyboardPanel->setNewPos(transformPoint(edit, getCurrentPage()), edit, getCurrentPage());
    ...
}

<KeyboardPanel >

class KeyboardPanel : public QQuickWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    static KeyboardPanel* getInstance();
    static QObject* qobject_singletontype_provider(QQmlEngine* engine, QJSEngine* scriptEngine);
    //set the KeyboardPanel shown pos of the page
    void setNewPos(const QPoint& point, QWidget* widget, QWidget* currentPage = nullptr);
    Q_INVOKABLE void hideInput();
signals:
    
public slots:
    
private:
    explicit KeyboardPanel(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
    void setSmallKeyboardPos(const QPoint& point, const QWidget* widget);
    int checkXIsOutOfRange(int x);
    int checkYIsOutOfRange(int y);
    void setFullKeyboardInputPos(const QPoint& point, const QWidget* widget);
private:
    static KeyboardPanel* ms_pSingleton;
    QWidget* m_pCurrentPage = nullptr;           //the page which it uses the KeyboardPanel 
    int m_movedHeight = 0;
};

Registe KeyboardPanel to qml

qmlRegisterSingletonType<KeyboardPanel>("CM780.KeyboardPanel", 1, 0, "KeyboardPanel", qobject_singletontype_provider);

<inputpanel.qml>

import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQuick.Window 2.0
import QtQuick.VirtualKeyboard 2.0
import QtQuick.VirtualKeyboard.Settings 2.0
import YourApp.KeyboardPanel 1.0

Rectangle {
    id:root
    color: "#eeeeee"
    property var inputMethodHints : InputContext.inputMethodHints;
    
    TextInput{
        anchors.fill: parent
        horizontalAlignment: TextInput.AlignLeft
        verticalAlignment: TextInput.AlignTop
        visible: ((InputContext.inputMethodHints & Qt.ImhDigitsOnly) ||
                  (InputContext.inputMethodHints & Qt.ImhFormattedNumbersOnly)) ? false : true
        readOnly: true
        cursorVisible: false
    }
    
    InputPanel {
        signal closeKeyBoard();
        property int pressKey: -1
        property bool inputpanelVisible: Qt.inputMethod.visible
        
        id: inputPanel
        y:root.height-height 
        width: ((InputContext.inputMethodHints & Qt.ImhDigitsOnly) ||
                (InputContext.inputMethodHints & Qt.ImhFormattedNumbersOnly)) ? 370 : root.width
        
        states: State {
            name: "visible"
            when: inputPanel.active
            PropertyChanges {
                target: inputPanel
                y: root.height - inputPanel.height
            }
        }
         
        transitions: Transition {
            from: ""
            to: "visible"
            reversible: true
            ParallelAnimation {
                NumberAnimation {
                    properties: "y"
                    duration: 250
                    easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
                }
            }
        }
        
        onInputpanelVisibleChanged: {
            if (Qt.Key_Escape == pressKey
                    || Qt.Key_Return == pressKey)
            {
                if (!inputpanelVisible)
                {
                    closeKeyBoard()
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    onInputMethodHintsChanged: {
        inputPanel.closeKeyBoard()
    }
    
    Connections{
        target: inputPanel  
        onCloseKeyBoard:{
            KeyboardPanel.hideInput()
            inputPanel.pressKey = -1
        }
    }
}

[Paraddi]

Couple of questions:

1. Where to register KeyboardPanel to qml ?
2. What does "CM780.KeyboardPanel" means
   qmlRegisterSingletonType<KeyboardPanel>("CM780.KeyboardPanel", 1, 0, "KeyboardPanel", qobject_singletontype_provider);

[Vevinlong]

@Paraddi

1. You can register it at the constructor, or others before you use it. It makes the qml to KNOWN the type of KeyboardPanel
2. For "CM780.KeyboardPanel", it is just a NAME, so that you can import it in qml, for example, your do like this

qmlRegisterSingletonType<KeyboardPanel>("YourAppName.KeyboardPanel", 1, 0, "KeyboardPanel", qobject_singletontype_provider);

then you can import it like this:

import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQuick.Window 2.0
import QtQuick.VirtualKeyboard 2.0
import QtQuick.VirtualKeyboard.Settings 2.0

//you can import it here like the qt quick modules like aboves
import YourAppName.KeyboardPanel 1.0

Note: for this case, I register it as singleton type, so you can invoke the method by KeyboardPanel.yourMethod()

[priyankar]

Hi @Vevinlong
can you share the code

[rajel052]

how to set input method for QLineEdit in virtual keyboard for widgets

Erorr : qt.virtualkeyboard: InputContext::sendKeyClick(): no focus to send key click - QGuiApplication::focusWindow() is: QQuickView(0x55cb3cf78130)

[rajel052]

Hello @SGaist please help me

how to set input method for QLineEdit in virtual keyboard for widgets

Erorr : qt.virtualkeyboard: InputContext::sendKeyClick(): no focus to send key click - QGuiApplication::focusWindow() is: QQuickView(0x55cb3cf78130)

[SGaist]

@rajel052 this thread shows how.

[rajel052]

@SGaist i am attach the virtual keybord with widgets using :

QQuickView *view = new QQuickView();
QWidget *container = QWidget::createWindowContainer(view, ui->verticalLayoutWidget);
container->setMinimumSize(240, 320);
container->setMaximumSize(240, 320);

 //container->setAttribute(Qt::WA_AcceptTouchEvents);
 //container->setAttribute(Qt::WA_InputMethodEnabled, true);
 container->setAttribute(Qt::WA_AcceptTouchEvents);
 container->setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
 //container->setInputMethodHints(inputMethodHints() | Qt::InputMethodHint::ImhDigitsOnly);
 view->setSource(QUrl("qrc:/main.qml")); // Fetch this url by right clicking on your resource file.

// view->setSource();

 ui->verticalLayout->addWidget(container);

then virtual keyboard attatched with widgets but when i write in QLine edit it throw following error :
qt.virtualkeyboard: InputContext::sendKeyClick(): no focus to send key click - QGuiApplication::focusWindow() is: QQuickView(0x55cb3cf78130)

[SGaist]

Why are you using a QQuickView if you want to use QLineEdit ?

[rajel052]

Hii, @SGaist
i am using QQuickView , because i want to attatch virtual keyboard on screen

[SGaist]

There's no need for a QQuickView to use Qt VirtualKeyboard.