[Development] InputMethondHints for Enter key types

[Marc Mutz]

On Monday 06 July 2015 11:15:41 Byunggul Koh wrote:
> Hello QT developers,
> 
> Enter-key has various semantics on Input-method depending on the situation,
> e.g. “Enter for Search, Go, Next and so on. So I need a way to inform VKB
> of a type of enter to display a string instead of “Enter”.
> 
> For this purpose I’m considering to add more enums on InputMethodHint as
> followings.
> 
> diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.h
> b/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.h index 82b383e..d4daf86 100644
> --- a/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.h
> +++ b/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.h
> @@ -1362,6 +1362,15 @@ public:
>          ImhLatinOnly = 0x800000,
> 
>          ImhExclusiveInputMask = 0xffff0000
> +
> +        ImEnterKeyDefault = 0x100000000,
> +        ImEnterKeyDone = 0x200000000,
> +        ImEnterKeyGo = 0x400000000,
> +        ImEnterKeyNext = 0x800000000,
> +        ImEnterKeySearch = 0x1000000000,
> +        ImEnterKeySend = 0x2000000000,
> +
> +        ImEnterKeyTypeMask = 0xffff00000000
>      };
>      Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(InputMethodHints, InputMethodHint)
> 
> 
> Before making a patch I want to hear your opinions about
>   - whether this is a appropriate place,
>   - naming of enums or more usage other than these,
>   - etc…

64-bit enums are not supported by QFlags, yet, IIRC.

In any case, the change would be binary incompatible.

Sorry,
Marc

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