[kde] [Bug 470389] Accent mark should be shown before pressing a letter that can be accented
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470389 --- Comment #4 from esperluett...@proton.me --- I continue to investigate this, but I found a Qt ticket (https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-79216) that explains that "Qt only generates keyReleaseEvent() for dead keys", confirming that it's on Qt side. Testing with xev show "correctly" (if I understand the output correctly) that press and release events are generated on a single press. Pressing "a" gives: > KeyPress event, serial 39, synthetic NO, window 0x121, >root 0x3c9, subw 0x0, time 17983802, (86,0), root:(219,356), >state 0x0, keycode 24 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES, >XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a" >XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a" >XFilterEvent returns: False > KeyRelease event, serial 39, synthetic NO, window 0x121, >root 0x3c9, subw 0x0, time 17983857, (86,0), root:(219,356), >state 0x0, keycode 24 (keysym 0x61, a), same_screen YES, >XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (61) "a" >XFilterEvent returns: False And pressing accent key (aka dead key) "^" also gives two events: > KeyPress event, serial 39, synthetic NO, window 0x121, >root 0x3c9, subw 0x0, time 17985745, (86,0), root:(219,356), >state 0x0, keycode 34 (keysym 0xfe52, dead_circumflex), same_screen YES, >XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5e) "^" >XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: >XFilterEvent returns: True > KeyRelease event, serial 39, synthetic NO, window 0x121, >root 0x3c9, subw 0x0, time 17985793, (86,0), root:(219,356), >state 0x0, keycode 34 (keysym 0xfe52, dead_circumflex), same_screen YES, >XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5e) "^" >XFilterEvent returns: False So I seems like Qt ignores the dead key (as not a "real" key event) before merging it with next character (certainly to lookup if the accent + character is a valid and so, a single character, or not valid and outputs two characters), but I need more investigation to understand where exactly the event is "lost", if may be recoverable or not by KDE, or if Qt prevents it completely (since Qt team don't seem to change this behaviour, and so, I will close this ticket). The consequence of this may not only be visual, like in the case for this ticket: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464822 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[kde] [Bug 470389] Accent mark should be shown before pressing a letter that can be accented
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470389 Nate Graham changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEEDSINFO |RESOLVED Resolution|WAITINGFORINFO |UPSTREAM --- Comment #3 from Nate Graham --- It sounds to me like this isn't a bug, but rather a feature that hasn't been implemented in Qt the way it exists in GTK. KDE software uses Qt for its UI elements, including text fields, so I would recommend that you suggest the feature for implementation at https://bugreports.qt.io. Thanks! -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[kde] [Bug 470389] Accent mark should be shown before pressing a letter that can be accented
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470389 --- Comment #2 from esperluett...@proton.me --- I've tested on Dolphin, Gwenview, Kate (and Kwrite), Konsole, and all places on KDE settings/applets and file picker, the accents never appear after pressing an accent key once. I've also tested on KDE apps like Dolphin, Gwenview and Kate on Xfce (4.18), with the same result (accent not showing after a single key press). (In Krita, "^" and "¨" keys are simply ignored in all settings fields, it's not possible to entre "â" or "ü" with my current keyboard layout.) On Gnome apps (tested with Geany and Boxes) and Xfce apps (Thunar, etc.) on KDE, it works as expected, the pressed accent is underlined (just like in the attached Firefox screenshot, since, I imagine, Firefox uses Gtk). So it appears that it's only KDE/Qt apps that don't show accent after a single accent key press. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
[kde] [Bug 470389] Accent mark should be shown before pressing a letter that can be accented
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470389 Nate Graham changed: What|Removed |Added Assignee|plasma-b...@kde.org |unassigned-b...@kde.org Target Milestone|1.0 |--- CC||n...@kde.org Status|REPORTED|NEEDSINFO Product|plasmashell |kde Version|5.27.4 |unspecified Component|general |general Resolution|--- |WAITINGFORINFO Summary|Accents are not shown |Accent mark should be shown |before pressing a letter|before pressing a letter |that can be accented|that can be accented Severity|normal |wishlist --- Comment #1 from Nate Graham --- This might require Qt changes to support it. Not sure we can inject this ourselves in KDE. Does this work *anywhere* in *any* piece of KDE software, such as Dolphin, Discover, Kate, Konsole, or Gwenview? Or do they all lack the requested feature? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
