[Android-development] Text Selection Handles Qt 5.8 QQC2 - some workarounds

Robert Iakobashvili coroberti at gmail.com
Thu Aug 10 11:08:47 CEST 2017


Hi Bernhard,
Absolutely agree. Please, vote for the issue to be fixed. Thanks.

There's a clear business case coming for QWidgets at Android:

Chromebooks get Android apps and there Desktop like apps
based on Widgets are looking really really good.

Take care!

Kind regards,
Robert

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Bernhard B <schluchti at gmail.com> wrote:

> I really hope there will be some changes regarding the TextSelection
> handle implementation on Android for the upcoming Qt 5.9.x releases, as
> there are a few issues with them.
>
> In my eyes having a TextArea with working selection handles is such a
> basic feature that should work flawlessly with every framework.
> Unfortunately Qt is lacking here a bit :/
>
> I am trying really hard to convince people to give Qt for mobile app
> development a try. Usually they fall in love with QML very quickly, but
> it's really hard to make them stick with Qt when such essential things
> aren't working properly. Typically adding a TextField/TextArea and a few
> buttons is the first thing that people are trying out.
>
> I really hope that there will be changes in the upcoming Qt 5.9 patch
> release. I am really glad that the selection handle stuff was integrated
> with Qt 5.8 - that was really awesome and added a big missing piece. But
> please don't make the mistake and leave it like this.
>
> Bernhard
>
>
> Am Donnerstag, 10. August 2017 schrieb Robert Iakobashvili :
>
>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 8:01 PM, ekke <ekke at ekkes-corner.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 25.03.17 um 17:45 schrieb Robert Iakobashvili:
>>> > On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 7:35 PM, ekke <ekke at ekkes-corner.org> wrote:
>>> >> Am 25.03.17 um 17:30 schrieb Robert Iakobashvili:
>>> >>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 7:23 PM, ekke <ekke at ekkes-corner.org> wrote:
>>> >>>> I remember some posts about problems with Text Selection Handles
>>> and Qt 5.8
>>> >>>> To provide a solution customers can work with I developed some
>>> workarounds.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Today blogged about:
>>> >>>> https://appbus.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/text-selection-handl
>>> es-qt-5-8/
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> perhaps it helps others
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> ekke (ekkehard gentz)
>>> >>>>
>>> >>> Dear Ekke,
>>> >>> Thank you very much.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Yes, the selection handles are too buggy on Android at Qt-5.8.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Do you have recommendations for widgets?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Do you know how to get rid from the handles?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> This is a show stopper for me not to move up from 5.7.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Kind regards,
>>> >>> Robert
>>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> I've opened the issue:
>>
>> QTBUG-62426 <https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-62426>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
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