stark / sailfish-headless-keyboard-dbus

DBus Service to control keyboard of SailfishOS

sailfish-headless extension

This is the DBus based headless-keyboard extension for SailfishOS. If features a DBus service to enable applications to insert any text into a currently focused widget on the phone screen.

Changelog

• See Changelog

Installation

• See Release Section

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API

• Bus service: ch.abertschi.keyboard.headless
• Bus type: Session Bus
• Bus if_name: ch.abertschi.keyboard.headless.Server
• Bus path: /

Signals

send_text

Insert text at cursor position.

• in_signature: s
• out_signature: -

send_key_return

Enter a newline.

• in_signature: -
• out_signature: -

send_key_del

Remove a character at cursor position.

• in_signature: -
• out_signature: -

send_key_arrow

Change cursor.

• in_signature: s

  • ['up', 'down', 'right', 'left']

• out_signature: -

exit

Kill the service

• in_signature: -
• out_signature: -

send_enable_debug

Enable debug mode

• in_signature: b
  • True if enable
• out_signature: -

Slots

receive_clipboard_changed

Clipboard was changed

• in_signature: s
• out_signature: -

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Projects that use headless-keybard

• sailfish-wlan-keyboard: Use your computer keyboard to type on your phone.