QT_IM_MODULE doesn't work for me

sibislaw45

I tried to set custom input method(virtual keyboard) but QT_IM_MODULE doesn't work for me.

I downloaded

http://tolszak-dev.blogspot.com/2013/04/qplatforminputcontext-and-virtual.html

virtual keyboard example, compiled it and succesfully installed in my system but when i set

QT_IM_MODULE=mockup and start simple Qt app i does not work. Do you know why?

Plugin is loaded correctly:

Trying... "./plugins/libMockupVirtualKeyboard.so"
Found metadata in lib ./plugins/libMockupVirtualKeyboard.so, metadata=
{
"IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPlatformInputContextFactoryInterface",
"MetaData": {
"Keys": [
"mockup"
]
},
"className": "MockupPlatformInputContextPlugin",
"debug": true,
"version": 329216
}

raven-worx

@sibislaw45
How exactly have you set the QT_IM_MODULE env variable?

is the posted output from a set QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS env variable? To me it seems like you are trying to load the plugin manually by yourself? If this is the case you should rather put the plugin into the platforminputcontexts sub-folder of your Qt plugins path.

sibislaw45

How exactly have you set the QT_IM_MODULE env variable?

QT_IM_MODULE=mockup ./PluginTest

(PluginTest is basic widgets app created from qt creator).

is the posted output from a set QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS env variable? YES

Plugin is in platforminputcontexts sub-folder

raven-worx

@sibislaw45
i am asking becasue the first line of your posted output says it tries to load from the plugins folder directly:

Trying... "./plugins/libMockupVirtualKeyboard.so"

sibislaw45

Yes, sorry but now is:

QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/s.busza/Qt5/5.6/gcc_64/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libmockupvirtualkeyboard.so"
Found metadata in lib /home/s.busza/Qt5/5.6/gcc_64/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libmockupvirtualkeyboard.so, metadata=
{
"IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPlatformInputContextFactoryInterface",
"MetaData": {
"Keys": [
"mockup"
]
},
"className": "MockupPlatformInputContextPlugin",
"debug": true,
"version": 329216
}

Got keys from plugin meta data ()

the keys is empty, i see

DalePennington

I have had a similar issue. I was actually trying both QtVirtualKeyboard (for Qt12.5.1) and Mockup to get an idea how these work, and what I would need to modify for my needs. What I discovered is that the QtVirtualKeyboard had an interface of "org.qt-project.Qt.QPlatformInputContextFactoryInterface.5.1" , while mockup had an interface of "org.qt-project.Qt.QPlatformInputContextFactoryInterface". My guess is that at some point the interface was reved, and Mockup is now a too old interface. Why I adjust Mockup to match QtVirtualKeyboard, it worked.
As a side note, when I run designer, neither shows up in the plugins dialog, even they are active (as proven by checking the filter box).