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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-40803

On mobile devices, tablets and smartphones, TextInput must receive keys from its virtual keyboard

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    • Windows 7 with Qt 5.3.1 and QtCreator 3.1.2; Tablet Samsung Tab 3 8" with Android 4.1.2

      On Samsung devices, like tablets and smartphones, it is impossible to receive keys from the virtual keyboard, by using Keys.onPressed or Keys.onRelease, except for DEL and ENTER keys. So the following simple code doesn't work:

          import QtQuick 2.2
          import QtQuick.Window 2.1
          import QtQuick.Controls 1.2
           
          ApplicationWindow {
          visible: true
          width: 640
          height: 400
           
          toolBar: ToolBar {
              Row {
                  anchors.fill: parent
                  ToolButton {
                      text: "Exit"
                      onClicked: Qt.quit();
                  }
              }
          }
           
          TextInput {
              width: 200
              height: 40
              focus: true
           
              Keys.onPressed: {
                  console.log("Key="+event.key+" "+event.text);
              }
              Keys.onReleased: {
                  console.log("Key="+event.key+" "+event.text);
              }
          }
          }
      

      Currently, Qt returns an error when a key is pressed on virtual keyboard:

      W/Qt (26304): kernel\qmetaobject.cpp:1458 (static bool QMetaObject::invokeMethod(QObject*, const char*, Qt::ConnectionType, QGenericReturnArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument)): QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method QQuickTextInput::inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery,QVariant)

      The suggestion is to implement this missing functionality (may be absent also in iOS)

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            bachewii Jens
            magneticcore Alain
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