[SailfishDevel] Starting point for a Swype-like keyboard

[Peter 'p2' De Schrijver]

On 2014-04-16 09:35:31 (+0200), Ruediger Gad <r.c.g at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am no real expert here but I used to look into Maliit some time ago:
> 
> Some pointers:
> http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=plasma-active-maliit.git
> Specifically look at, e.g.,
> active-keyboard/org/kde/active/keyboard/LandscapeVKB.qml
> 
> On the Jolla device itself: /usr/lib/maliit/plugins/jolla-keyboard.qml
> (But they seem to do some "magic" for implementing a configurable keyboard.)
> 
> https://wiki.maliit.org/Plugin_Development_Quickstart
> 
> 
> 
> In the end, it seems that a keyboard plug-in, in a nutshell, is "just" a
> QML Item (In the Maliit examples there seems to be even C++ sample
> plugin code.).
> So, all means for getting signals/events in QML should apply as well.
> Furthermore, adding custom C++/QML types should be possible too.
> Thus, you should be also able to use the "common" Qt functionality for
> getting data about the input (e.g., as offered by a MouseArea etc.).
> 

Ok! Thanks for the links!

Cheers,

Peter.