<![CDATA[Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys]]>hi guys

I am making a virtual keyboard and want to show the keys of the currently used layout. Any idea how to find

1- currently used layout
2- Character of each key in this layout

thanks

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/19701/intermediate-how-to-get-keyboard-layout-keysRSS for NodeWed, 06 May 2026 20:55:40 GMTSat, 08 Sep 2012 02:56:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:46:52 GMT]]>How to determine the Qt:key of the current layout. Very simple, I need to paint a Virtual Keyboard similar to this site when I select a keyboard layout, I need my application to do it
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964651.aspx

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/149906https://forum.qt.io/post/149906Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:46:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:17:33 GMT]]>I have a many buttons that form a virtual keyboard, but I want to set their label with the currently selected layout, how can I get the characters of each keyboard keys?

Any Idea?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/149913https://forum.qt.io/post/149913Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:17:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:22:54 GMT]]>Please read Qt documentation about QPushButton, signals and slots to learn how to detect which button is pressed and which character is selected.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/149904https://forum.qt.io/post/149904Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:22:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:52:16 GMT]]>[quote author="SherifOmran" date="1347122963"]Please give me an example [/quote]

Sorry but I don't have time to write examples for custom virtual keyboards just to post them in a forum. Try to do it yourself and you can rely on me and the other people at Qt Dev Net for advises.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/149901https://forum.qt.io/post/149901Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:52:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:51:10 GMT]]>I am not asking about how to build array but asking about how to determine which character is on the key

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/149900https://forum.qt.io/post/149900Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:51:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:49:23 GMT]]>Please give me an example

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/149899https://forum.qt.io/post/149899Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:49:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:47:52 GMT]]>Use QVector to describe values of keys based on their index.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/149892https://forum.qt.io/post/149892Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:47:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:23:36 GMT]]>I am still thinking for an appropriate approach, however QMap binds value to a key. I need to read for example

English Layout : Key number 6 first line is Y
German Layout: Key number 6 first line is Z

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/149887https://forum.qt.io/post/149887Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:23:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Intermediate: how to get keyboard layout keys on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 05:51:34 GMT]]>What is your approach for making a virtual keyboard?

I haven't done such task but my first idea if I were you would be to use a QGridLayout with QPushButtons, class (or data structure such as QMap) to store for values of each key depending the keyboard layout and a enum variable to indicate which layout is active.

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