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[Alexandre Abreu <alexandre.abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Robert,

The gist of the issue is OSK not popping up when js sets the focus in a
text field. I dont think that having a way to programatically popup the OSK
w/o a given "target" (text input field, etc.) is sound as a use case for a
given API. It opens the gate for quite a few edge cases and adds quite a
bit of complexity to have a reliable interface. It does not even work in
QML afaik (you need a text field and can only hide() the inputMethod).

The issue w/ js focus not triggering the OSK is a known one (there is an
upstream bug):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-keyboard/+bug/1220264

There are no way around it atm, but it might change in the near future
though.

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> I also don't know how to detect whether the user has a physical keyboard,
> so we'd be stuck with this for all devices.


This will change soon, when the new application api lands. you'll be able
to detect the presence of the OSK,


> If I'm going to go through the work of building a work around, I wonder if
> it's better to write my own QML wrapper, instead of relying on
> ubuntu-html5-app-launcher, and create my own javascript hooks to show and
> hide the keyboard.
>
> BTW, there is a bug about this now: https://bugs.launchpad.net/
> ubuntu-html5-theme/+bug/1296462
>
> Robert
>
>