[Interest] Event from Javascript to WebEngineView

[Kai Koehne]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Interest [mailto:interest-bounces+kai.koehne=qt.io at qt-project.org]
> On Behalf Of Jani Tykka
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 9:03 AM
> To: interest at qt-project.org Interest <interest at qt-project.org>
> Subject: [Interest] Event from Javascript to WebEngineView
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How I can get events from JS to my QML WebEngineView? 
>
> I'm trying
> something like:
> 
> in WebEngineView.LoadSucceededStatus
> {
>    var js = "window.addEventListener( \"message\", function(event) {
> console.log( \"RECEIVED EVENT Result: \" ); } )"
>    webViewLoader.item.runJavaScript( js, function(result) { console.log(
> "Result: " + result); } ) }
> 
> This works, but I'd like to be able to declare JS function as a param not the
> hardcoded string. 

The arguably best way for HTML5/Qt communciation is using a WebChannel. 
You can use e.g. the WebEngineView.userScripts property to 'inject' JS code
that then sets up the web channel and hooks into DOM handlers.

Regards

Kai