Inline input is broken

[koki@…]

The Japanese input method CannaIM is now working in Haiku, but it turns out that inline input in Haiku seems to be broken.

I tested entering Japanese text using CannaIM on various applications that are inline input-enabled (for ex., StyledEdit and Vision), and in all cases inline input does not work.

[korli]

I applied a preliminary fix in revision 17723. Though it's not enough when switching between windows.

[koki@…]

Just a hunch, but could ​http://haiku-os.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154 be related?

[koki@…]

I can confirm that after the preliminary fix in revision 17723, inline input is working again.

The issue when switching windows still exists; should we close this bug and address the remaining problems in a separate bug? Or do we keep this one open?

[korli]

I still don't know why it happens. Stefano, does this happen with our BTextView on R5 ?

[jackburton]

I haven't tried, and I can't try at the moment, sorry.

[jackburton]

Does this still happen ?

[korli]

The issue when switching windows still exists.

[axeld]

Does switching windows now work as expected? I think I've fixed it in hrev19118, can anyone confirm?

[korli]

Still reproduced here in revision 19142. Use StyledEdit, enter characters with the IM (without the bottom line window), then switch to Terminal, no character can be input.

[axeld]

Can you use another application, ie. another StyledEdit window, or some other non-IM-aware view? Terminal seems to be broken for non-ASCII characters.

[axeld]

Switching windows should now work fine (in hrev19160).

[korli]

Tested :

• switching between two StyledEdit window works correctly
• but switching between a StyledEdit window and a Terminal window still doesn't bring the bottom line window and vice-et-versa. Must be related to IM aware/non aware view events not received by the input_server

[korli]

Hopefully switching between a StyledEdit window and a Terminal window now works in revision 19166.