Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Uwe Rathmann
Hi Simon, > While it's true that show(), etc. don't have the focus object as a > parameter, you do have a three ways Yes, sure: show() is not the problem. ( We also have situations, where the virtual keyboard is started by pressing a button, while the input should go to some sort of label

Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Tor Arne Vestbø
sed object with regards to IME enabling when issuing an IME query. > Are those elements perhaps missing the handling of QInputMethodEvent, the > querying kind in particular? > > Simon > From: Development > on behalf of Uwe Rathmann > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:09:

Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Simon Hausmann
missing the handling of QInputMethodEvent, the querying kind in particular? Simon From: Development on behalf of Uwe Rathmann Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:09:46 AM To: development@qt-project.org Subject: Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes Hi Simon, &g

Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Uwe Rathmann
Hi Simon, > But my initial guess is that this isn't an inherent design > problem of the input method API. Well, one problem is that the input context needs to know about the current item, as it has to correspond with it. But QInputMethod::show/ commit/reset/update/hide do not transfer any inform

Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Simon Hausmann
f Uwe Rathmann Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 9:03:13 AM To: development@qt-project.org Subject: [Development] QInputMethod woes Hi all, when working on our virtual keyboard I had to realize that the design of QInputMethod is inappropriate to achieve what we need: a) the input method is tied to the item

[Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Uwe Rathmann
Hi all, when working on our virtual keyboard I had to realize that the design of QInputMethod is inappropriate to achieve what we need: a) the input method is tied to the item having the focus We have a touch screen but also an special input device, that offers a wheel to navigate along the fo