Simulating key press in C++ for use in QML for virtual keyboard.

[Darkmalex]

Hi. For my QML based application I would like to have a virtual keyboard (Qt Enterprise is such a tease, but 200$< is beyond my capabilities), so I decided to write my own. But I not quite sure how:

Here is how I see the code:

keypress.h

@#ifndef KEYPRESS_H
#define KEYPRESS_H

#include <QObject>

class KeyPress : public QObject
{

Q_OBJECT

public:
explicit KeyPress(QObject *parent = 0);

Q_INVOKABLE void virtKeyPress(const int& Char);

signals:
void virtKeyPressed(const int& source);

private:
int vKey;
};

#endif // KEYPRESS_H
@

keypress.cpp

@#include "keypress.h"
#include <QKeyEvent>

KeyPress::KeyPress(QObject *parent) :
QObject(parent)
{

}

void KeyPress::virtKeyPress(const int &Char){

vKey = Char;
QKeyEvent event(QEvent::KeyPress, vKey, Qt::NoModifier);
// Here I guess I should do somthing like "sendEvent(parent, &event);" or whatever, but nothing seems to work.
emit virtKeyPressed(vKey);

}
@

I have a few ideas on how to inplement this in just qml, but where's the fun in that. :)
So I would like to ask for your guidance on the subject.
Btw, I've searched through info on the web, yet no working code found.

[mrdebug]

Please look at kde-app website. There are a lot of virtual keyboards already made.

[Darkmalex]

[quote author="mrdebug" date="1406580379"]Please look at kde-app website. There are a lot of virtual keyboards already made.[/quote]

I didn't quite understood what you ment by that.

If you suppose I should use them "as is", that is a not a good idea (basicly impossible for what I'm doing).

And if you suppose I should look through sourcecode... well most of the apps I already saw (about 4 or 5) are all widget based, and the worst part is that I'm stuck with qml for the moment.

So any other ideas?