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

[Robert Iakobashvili]

Good, voted for the issues you have mentioned.

Yes, we need API:

1. to hide/show selection handles and cursor;
2. to customize their size, color, style etc.

Kind regards,
Robert

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Bernhard B <schluchti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> thanks, voted for the issue!
>
> By the way, there are some more tickets regarding the selection/cursor
> handles. e.q QTBUG-58700 and QTBUG-57031.
>
> Unfortunately there seems to be no API to manually hide/show the
> selection/cursor handles. Otherwise it would be possible to add some fixes
> to the enduser application to fix some issues there in the meantime.
>
> So I hope that one of the Android maintainers finds some time to tackle
> some of the issues. I would really appreciate that a LOT and it would for
> sure also result in more awesome showcase applications (as I said, in my
> experience most of the users start with a TextArea and just a few basic
> components).
>
> Bernhard
>
> Am Donnerstag, 10. August 2017 schrieb Robert Iakobashvili :
>
>> 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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