How to specify the input method for the Qt Virtual Keyboard?

Circuits

Is there a way for me to specify what the input method is for the Qt Virtual Keyboard? For instance could I send the text to a simple Text{} QML Type? For instance, take a look at the following code:

Rectangle
{
    id: display
    color: "white"
    width: 300
    height: 50
    radius: 5
    x: 100
    anchors.bottom: virtualKeyboard.top
    Text
    {
        id: entryDisplay
        width: parent.width - 50
        anchors.centerIn: display
        color: "black"
        text: "qwertyuiopasdfghjklz" //want to funnel keyboard input here
    }
}
InputPanel{
    id: virtualKeyboard
    width: messageContainer.width - control.style.padding * 2
    anchors.centerIn: messageContainer
    active: true
}

I would like entryDisplay's text property to be the location for they keyboard to display it's text. Is that possible? I want to avoid using an actual TextInput if possible.

SGaist

Hi,

Set the QT_IM_MODULE environment variable before starting your application or creating your QGuiApplication object if you do it in code.

QT_IM_MODULE=qtvirtualkeyboard

More information here.

Circuits

@SGaist I am not sure I understand. I have the keyboard working already, that isn't the problem. The problem is I want to display the input in the text property of a QML Text{} type rather than by using the TextInput{} type.

Basically, I display this keyboard on a button press rather than by using a TextInput{}. That button press creates a component that houses the keyboard. So now I want to display the results of a key press in an area that is not clickable, in this case a simple Text{} type.

I already have the QT_IM_MODULE environment variable set. In other words, currently when I press a key on the keyboard it reports an error:

input method is not set

can I set this "input method" to be my Text{} type's text value?

Circuits

So far I have found: TextArea{}, TextEdit{}, TextInput{} and TextField{} will all grab the keyboard's focus when clicked.

Is there a way to specify the keyboards focus? I dont want to user to have to click a box in order to grab the keyboards focus.

Aleksey_K

@Circuits said in How to specify the input method for the Qt Virtual Keyboard?:

input method is not set

Same bug as well as many people for years!!!

Google search

Any solution yet?! Qt company, are you going to fix this somehow>?! Very boring!!! qt virtual keyboard worked for me with TextArea, then accidentally it stopped and I started to get these strange errors: input method is not set . Reason is unclear!

jsulm

@Aleksey_K said in How to specify the input method for the Qt Virtual Keyboard?:

Any solution yet?! Qt company, are you going to fix this somehow>?!

No point to ask this here as this is user forum.
Either ask on Qt developers mailing list or file a bug in Qt bug tracker.

Aleksey_K

Found the solution. Following workaround works for me:

TextArea {
    onActiveFocusChanged: {
        if(activeFocus) {
            Qt.inputMethod.update(Qt.ImQueryInput)
        }
    }
}

Works with other controls as well.