Show virtual keyboard

Qingshui Kong

Hello everyone,
Could somebody give me some advice?
I want to create a new control inherits QWidget. I want to add a function to it. That's when it is clicked, the virtual keyboard will show.

But I don't know how. Does someone know? Could somebody give some clues?

Thanks in advance.

SGaist

Hi,

Are you looking for the QtVirtualKeyboard module ?

Qingshui Kong

@SGaist
Thank you. No. I just want to know how to show virtual keyboard when QPushButton or QWidget is clicked.

mrjj

Hi
If you dont mean the Qt virtual keyboard, which one do you mean then ?
The build in in windows ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb0Z2BYveOM

Seb Tur

let me refresh the topic instead of creating a new one as I have the same question.

I deployed ubuntu 22.04 onto a RPI4.
There is already a virtual keyboard in standard Gnome session and works with the Ubuntu stock apps (GTK I assume)

When I load my project and click in my QLineEdit nothing happens.
Of course I can load qvirtualkeyboard by adding

#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
    qputenv("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "xcb");
    qputenv("QT_IM_MODULE", QByteArray("qtvirtualkeyboard"));
#endif

but then it is not consistent with the whole desktop.
Is it possible to make Qt app to use standard gnome Virtual Keyboard?