iOS: send arrow keys to Qt to handle cursor movement

Controlling cursor position through input methods in Qt is very
limited. You cannot e.g move the cursor vertically, or select text
that spans several paragraphs. The reason for the latter is that Qt
works with input methods on a per-paragraph basis, which effectively locks
UIKit to only being able to move the cursor and select text within a single
paragraph.

Fixing up input methods to support more advanced navigation means changing the
whole design (working on a whole document, instead of per paragraph), and is
out of scope.

Instead we choose to listen for arrow keys and forward them to Qt in the
same fashing as we already do for backspace and enter. This will make the
iOS port on-par with the other platforms, which also sends control characters
like these on the side of IM events.

Note that registering shortcuts and overriding default IM navigation behavior
will only take effect when a hardware keyboard is connected. Only then will
[UIresponder keyCommands] be called from UIKit.

Change-Id: I634205e0578447c4aa6e9fdff342ee3b281901ea
Reviewed-by: Tor Arne Vestbø <tor.arne.vestbo@theqtcompany.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostheme.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostheme.mm
index edeabf66dc..bc40069670 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostheme.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostheme.mm
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ QVariant QIOSTheme::themeHint(ThemeHint hint) const
     switch (hint) {
     case QPlatformTheme::StyleNames:
         return QStringList(QStringLiteral("fusion"));
+    case KeyboardScheme:
+        return QVariant(int(MacKeyboardScheme));
     default:
         return QPlatformTheme::themeHint(hint);
     }