Did a bit of testing and the browser does handle non-latin characters correctly once they're entered, so I think the fix should be in the keyboard since Chinese characters are URL characters and we can already input Arabic characters in this mode, plus the URL characters hint is what allows the keyboard to display the URL layout with .com/.cn/etc. keys. Working on a fix for this from the keyboard side now.
** Changed in: ubuntu-keyboard Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-keyboard in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335007 Title: Can't use pinyin for Chinese in browser URL bar due to Qt.ImhUrlCharactersOnly Status in Ubuntu Keyboard: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-keyboard” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “ubuntu-keyboard” package in Ubuntu RTM: New Bug description: With Chinese pinyin input method enabled, open the browser, tap the URL bar/ search bar, type "n" and "i". You should see "你" as a word prediction. In fact no words show up. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-keyboard/+bug/1335007/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp