<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- /home/espenr/tmp/qt-3.3.8-espenr-2499/qt-x11-free-3.3.8/doc/charinput-qws.doc:36 --> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Character input in TQt/Embedded</title> <style type="text/css"><!-- fn { margin-left: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; } a:link { color: #004faf; text-decoration: none } a:visited { color: #672967; text-decoration: none } body { background: #ffffff; color: black; } --></style> </head> <body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#E5E5E5"> <td valign=center> <a href="index.html"> <font color="#004faf">Home</font></a> | <a href="classes.html"> <font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a> | <a href="mainclasses.html"> <font color="#004faf">Main Classes</font></a> | <a href="annotated.html"> <font color="#004faf">Annotated</font></a> | <a href="groups.html"> <font color="#004faf">Grouped Classes</font></a> | <a href="functions.html"> <font color="#004faf">Functions</font></a> </td> <td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>Character input in TQt/Embedded</h1> <p> Internally in the client/server protocol, each key press and key release is sent as a <tt>TQWSKeyEvent</tt>. A TQWSKeyEvent contains the following fields: <p> <center><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" border="0"> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>unicode</tt> <td valign="top">Unicode value <tr bgcolor="#d0d0d0"> <td valign="top"><tt>keycode</tt> <td valign="top">TQt keycode value as defined in <a href="qnamespace-h.html">ntqnamespace.h</a> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>modifier</tt> <td valign="top">A bitfield consisting of some of <a href="ntqt.html#ButtonState-enum">TQt::ShiftButton</a>, <a href="ntqt.html#ButtonState-enum">TQt::ControlButton</a>, and <a href="ntqt.html#ButtonState-enum">TQt::AltButton</a>. <tr bgcolor="#d0d0d0"> <td valign="top"><tt>is_press</tt> <td valign="top">TRUE if this is a key press, FALSE if it is a key release. <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>is_auto_repeat</tt> <td valign="top">TRUE if this event is caused by auto repeat. </table></center> <p> When the server receives a key event it is sent to each client process which is responsible for processing the key event and sending it to the right window, if any. Key events may come from several different sources. <p> <h2> Keyboard drivers </h2> <a name="1"></a><p> A keyboard driver reads data from a device and gives key events to the server. <p> Keyboard drivers can be compiled into the library or loaded as plugins. Running ./configure -help lists the available keyboard drivers. The "tty" driver is enabled in the default configuration. <p> The keyboard drivers all follow the same pattern. They read keyboard data from a device, find out which keys were pressed, and then call the static function TQWSServer::processKeyEvent() with the key information. <p> At present, the console keyboard driver also handles console switching (<b>Ctrl+Alt-F1</b>...<b>Ctrl+Alt+F10</b>) and termination (<b>Ctrl+Alt+Backspace</b>). <p> To add a keyboard driver for a new device, subclasses of <a href="qwskeyboardhandler.html">TQWSKeyboardHandler</a> and <a href="qkbddriverplugin.html">TQKbdDriverPlugin</a> can be written and installed as plugins. <p> <h2> Key event filters (input methods) </h2> <a name="2"></a><p> When the server receives a key event from a keyboard driver, it first passes it through a filter. <p> This can be used to implement input methods, providing input of characters that are not on the keyboard. <p> To make an input method, subclass TQWSServer::KeyboardFilter (in <tt>src/kernel/qwindowsystem_qws.h</tt>) and implement the virtual function <tt>filter()</tt>. If <tt>filter()</tt> returns <tt>FALSE</tt>, the event will be sent to the clients (using <a href="qwsserver.html#sendKeyEvent">TQWSServer::sendKeyEvent</a>()). If <tt>filter()</tt> returns <tt>TRUE</tt>, the event will be stopped. To generate new key events, use TQWSServer::sendKeyEvent(). (Do not use processKeyEvent(), since this will lead to infinite recursion.) <p> To install a keyboard event filter, use <a href="qwsserver.html#setKeyboardFilter">TQWSServer::setKeyboardFilter</a>(). Currently, only one filter can be installed at a time. <p> Filtering must be done in the server process. <p> The launcher example contains an example of a simple input method, <tt>SimpleIM</tt> which reads a substitution table from a file. <p> <h2> Pen input </h2> <a name="3"></a><p> Key events do not need to come from a keyboard device. The server process may call TQWSServer::sendKeyEvent() at any time. <p> Typically, this is done by popping up a widget, and letting the user specify characters with the pointer device. <p> <b>Note</b>: the key input widget should not take focus, since the server would then just send the key events back to the input widget. One way to make sure that the input widget never takes focus is to set the <tt>WStyle_Customize</tt> and <tt>WStyle_Tool</tt> widget flags in the <a href="ntqwidget.html">TQWidget</a> constructor. <p> The <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/products/qtopia/">TQtopia</a> environment contains various input widgets such as Handwriting Recognition and Virtual Keyboard. <p> <!-- eof --> <p><address><hr><div align=center> <table width=100% cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td>Copyright © 2007 <a href="troll.html">Trolltech</a><td align=center><a href="trademarks.html">Trademarks</a> <td align=right><div align=right>TQt 3.3.8</div> </table></div></address></body> </html>