QML Keyboard for touch screen

parancibia

[quote author="mario" date="1291292466"]Looking good! What licenses is the component released under? BSD-like?[/quote]

I not find any reference to the license in the site, but the source code have the following disclaimer

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xsacha

Just noticed...

[quote author="paulo" date="1291296977"]
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Digia has been doing a lot of work in Qt here.
Their "Flow'd":http://www.flowd.com application, their Qt4.5 "Web Browser":http://www.digia.com/browser and plenty of other stuff on their website.
I wonder if they have used this QML keyboard in anything. They certainly didn't use it in Flowd.

rodrigob

Where is there an example on how to use the CLKeyboard ?

I would like to use it "linked to" a TextInput item. How do I create "the link" ?

Thanks for your answer.

rotoZOOM

rodrigob, I've made a simple virtual keyboard for touchscreen displays.
There are also some example to use it with Qt.
https://projects.developer.nokia.com/vk

aabc

How do you delete letters with this keyboard ?

rotoZOOM

There is exists Backspace key on the top/right corner.

aabc

And you just do text += <the backspace code> ?

rotoZOOM

No. This is just UI. It sends signal which of key is pressed.
In case of backspace pressed it sends sigButtonPressed ('backspace').
Your application should handle it.
You can see it from my example.

aabc

Can I use it with QML TextInput ?

rotoZOOM

Yes. You can manual handle sigButtonPressed and in case of button=='backspace' remove character just before cursorPosition of the TextInput.

aabc

Isnt there is something more generic that use sendEvent(QKeyEvent) that simulate the real Keyboard ?

rotoZOOM

In my example I do
QCoreApplication::postEvent(_target, key_event_press);
QCoreApplication::postEvent(_target, key_event_release);

that, I believe, emulate click on to the key.

aabc

What is the _target ? Is it the TextInput ?

rotoZOOM

It is QWidget object, that setted by client and accept QKeyEvent

aabc

Did you try it with a QML Item ?

rotoZOOM

No, I didn't. What's difference between QML Item and QWidget*?
If you can obtain QTextInput QWidget pointer (and you can), than it'll be work.

aabc

I try it and it din't work

rotoZOOM

Ok, as soon as I have time I'll check it.

aabc

Thanks.
I'll wait

pritamghanghas

you can also try maliit. Its a full framework for input methods. Has virtual keyboards also. I think they have QML keyboards as well now.