[Sugar-devel] Some queries regarding the Maliit OSK

[Ajay Garg]

Hi Walter.


  * I cloned the "walters-gtk-touch" repository, build the bundle, and
deployed on my XO-4.
    The OSK appeared fine now :)

    First issue solved !


  * However, any "thought" hidden by the OSK, cannot have the text added.


  * I then encapsulated the "gtk.Fixed" within a "gtk.ScrolledWindow".
    Now, the "window-resizing-upon-OSK-appearance" solution worked,
enabling the user to enter text in widgets
    even in the lower part of the window.

    Second issue solved !!


  * Now, we know that a textwidget is mainly subjected to four types of
actions upon a click ::

        1)
        If the click is "left" and "inside" the textwidget, text needs to
be entered.

        2)
        If the click is "left" and "on the boundary" of the textwidget, and
the "click held on", the textwidget needs to be resized.

        3)
        If the click is "right" and "on the boundary" of the textwidget,
and then the "left-click-drag" is done, the widget needs to be moved.

        4)
        If the click is "left" and "outside" a textwidget, a new textwidget
is spawned.



As  can be seeen, there are two issues with the above four scenarios in
tablet-mode::

        a)
        Cases [1], [2] and [4] are more easily segregated/differentiated
using a mouse-pointer, but might be very hard to get "bang on",
        when using a finger (in tablet-mode).

        b)
        Case [3] does not work at all in tablet-mode.


Just makes me wonder whether an activity like Labyrinth is more suitable
only in non-touch mode ???




On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Ajay Garg <ajay at activitycentral.com>wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Ajay Garg <ajaygargnsit at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi all.
>> >
>> > In activities like FotoToon and Labyrinth, it is seen that the OSK does
>> not
>> > appear in ebook-mode (whereas it appears fine in other activities,
>> wherever
>> > it ought to be).
>> >
>> > My belief is that it is due to the incompatablity of FotoToon and
>> Labyrinth
>> > widgets, as compared to the other activities.
>> > So, is there a way to have the maliit OSK come up in this cases too
>> (perhaps
>> > through any configuration tweek in maliit)?
>> >
>> > I am sorry for such a vague question, but any pointers will be highly
>> > appreciated :)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Ajay
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
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>> >
>>
>> Your assumption is correct. The OSK is invoked from a textview widget.
>> I have a version of Labyrinth working with textview (See [1]).
>> Flavio is working on the GTK3 port.
>>
>> Note that [1] is a slight compromise from the way that Labyrinth
>> currently works in that, for expediency, I am processing the text
>> attributes for the entire thought as opposed to multiple attributes
>> per thought. (This is really complex and convoluted in Labyrinth and,
>> IMHO, I don't think it is worth the additional effort at this point).
>>
>> Regarding Fototoons, I plan on making a similar intervention (less
>> complex) after coordinating with Gonzalo. (There are a number of cool
>> Fototoon enhancements queued up from GCI.)
>>
>
>
> Thanks for the reply !!
> It helps clarifiy the current situations.
>
>
>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>>
>> [1] http://git.sugarlabs.org/~walter/labyrinth/walters-gtk2-touch
>>
>>
>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ajay Garg
> Dextrose Developer
> Activity Central: http://activitycentral.com




Regards,

Ajay Garg
Dextrose Developer
Activity Central: http://activitycentral.com
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