[maemo-developers] Controlling virtual keyboard from Python application?

[From: Igor Tkach]

Tony,I can see that application managing the virtual keyboard can cause
problems for BT keyboard users. I wouldn't be looking for a way to control
VK if Maemo/Hildon/PyGTK were doing the right thing. Unfortunately they
don't. For example, programmatically moving focus to an input field
with grab_focus()  does not bring up the VK. Sometimes VK hiding
is triggered by seemingly unrelated UI events, e.g. programmatic selection
change in a list, while input focus stays in input field.
Does anybody have an insight into why this may be happening and how to avoid
such undesirable behavior?

Thank you,
Igor

On 8/13/07, Tony Maro <tonymaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 8/13/07, Mohammad Anwari <mohammad.anwari at nokia.com> wrote:
> >
> > Pada hari Senin, tanggal 13/08/2007 pukul 10:50 -0400, ext Igor Tkach
> > menulis:
> > > Does anybody know if there's a way to interact with the virtual
> > > keyboard from a Python (Pymaemo) app, i.e. programmatically bring it
> > > up or hide it? What about finger keyboard?
> >
> > There is no easy way to do that, but you probably could try to emulate
> > the triggers (e.g. the stylus or finger tap on the text entry), so the
> > Hildon Input Method wakes up and invoke the input method based on the
> > trigger.
>
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>
> I would propose that this is a bad idea.  I use a Bluetooth keyboard about
> 40% of the time, and Maemo is very good about NOT popping up the keyboard
> when my BT keyboard is active.
>
> That said, I have noticed that something in gre-calendar interferes with
> the pop-up keyboard.  You can get the smaller keyboard but not the finger
> keyboard when entering a new event.
>
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