[PATCHv2] text-input: Add v3 of the text-input protocol
Dorota Czaplejewicz
dorota.czaplejewicz at puri.sm
Wed Apr 11 13:03:58 UTC 2018
This new protocol description is a simplification over v2.
- All pre-edit text styling is gone.
- No events regarding input panel (OSK) state nor covered rectangle.
Compositors are still free to handle situations where the keyboard
focus rectangle is covered by the input panel.
- No set_preferred_language request for clients.
- There is no event to send keysyms. Compositors can use wl_keyboard
interface instead.
Reviewed-by: Drew DeVault <sir at cmpwn.com>
---
Hi,
This patch follows the original proposal by Carlos Garnacho. It's the
result of my work on behalf of Purism to get good on-screen keyboard
support in Wayland. It incorporates changes coming from discussions
with Sway/wlroots developers [0], as well as issues pointed out in
response to the original proposal.
Changes over the original:
- typos, whitespace and naming as pointed out by Silvan Jegen
- an explicit description of what happens to state: it's conceptually
double-buffered, and is not altered between focus events
- removed the serial number on enter/leave events, as it's unambiguous
which surface has focus
This protocol has already been implemented: in wlroots [0], rootston
[1], and GTK3 [2]. We're counting on more projects to upstream support
in order to settle on a single protocol for text input in the long
term. Help and feedback appreciated!
Cheers,
Dorota Czaplejewicz
PS. Sorry about the misformatted email on Monday.
[0] https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/pull/776
[1] https://code.puri.sm/dorota.czaplejewicz/gtk
[2] https://code.puri.sm/dorota.czaplejewicz/wlroots/src/text_input_test
Makefile.am | 1 +
unstable/text-input/text-input-unstable-v3.xml | 308 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 309 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 unstable/text-input/text-input-unstable-v3.xml
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4b9a901..86d7ca9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ unstable_protocols = \
unstable/fullscreen-shell/fullscreen-shell-unstable-v1.xml \
unstable/linux-dmabuf/linux-dmabuf-unstable-v1.xml \
unstable/text-input/text-input-unstable-v1.xml \
+ unstable/text-input/text-input-unstable-v3.xml \
unstable/input-method/input-method-unstable-v1.xml \
unstable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell-unstable-v5.xml \
unstable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell-unstable-v6.xml \
diff --git a/unstable/text-input/text-input-unstable-v3.xml b/unstable/text-input/text-input-unstable-v3.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5d43e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unstable/text-input/text-input-unstable-v3.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<protocol name="text_input_unstable_v3">
+ <copyright>
+ Copyright © 2012, 2013 Intel Corporation
+ Copyright © 2015, 2016 Jan Arne Petersen
+ Copyright © 2017, 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ Copyright © 2018 Purism SPC
+
+ Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this
+ software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted
+ without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in
+ all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
+ notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
+ the copyright holders not be used in advertising or publicity
+ pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
+ written prior permission. The copyright holders make no
+ representations about the suitability of this software for any
+ purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
+ warranty.
+
+ THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
+ SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+ FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+ WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN
+ AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION,
+ ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
+ THIS SOFTWARE.
+ </copyright>
+
+ <interface name="zwp_text_input_v3" version="1">
+ <description summary="text input">
+ The zwp_text_input_v3 interface represents text input and input methods
+ associated with a seat. It provides enter/leave events to follow the
+ text input focus for a seat.
+
+ Requests are used to enable/disable the text-input object and set
+ state information like surrounding and selected text or the content type.
+ The information about the entered text is sent to the text-input object
+ via the pre-edit and commit_string events.
+
+ Text is valid UTF-8 encoded, indices and lengths are in bytes. Indices
+ have to always point to the first byte of an UTF-8 encoded code point.
+ Lengths are not allowed to contain just a part of an UTF-8 encoded code
+ point.
+
+ Focus moving throughout surfaces will result in the emission of
+ zwp_text_input_v3.enter and zwp_text_input_v3.leave events. The focused
+ surface must perform zwp_text_input_v3.enable and
+ zwp_text_input_v3.disable requests as the keyboard focus moves across
+ editable and non-editable elements of the UI. Those two requests are not
+ expected to be paired with each other, the compositor must be able to
+ handle consecutive series of the same request.
+
+ State is sent by the state requests (set_surrounding_text,
+ set_content_type and set_cursor_rectangle) and a commit request.
+ After an enter event or disable request all state information is
+ invalidated and needs to be resent by the client.
+
+ This protocol defines requests and events necessary for regular clients
+ to communicate with an input method. The zwp_input_method protocol
+ defines the interfaces necessary to implement standalone input methods.
+ If a compositor implements both interfaces, it will be the arbiter of the
+ communication between both.
+
+ Warning! The protocol described in this file is experimental and
+ backward incompatible changes may be made. Backward compatible changes
+ may be added together with the corresponding interface version bump.
+ Backward incompatible changes are done by bumping the version number in
+ the protocol and interface names and resetting the interface version.
+ Once the protocol is to be declared stable, the 'z' prefix and the
+ version number in the protocol and interface names are removed and the
+ interface version number is reset.
+ </description>
+
+ <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
+ <description summary="Destroy the wp_text_input">
+ Destroy the wp_text_input object. Also disables all surfaces enabled
+ through this wp_text_input object.
+ </description>
+ </request>
+
+ <enum name="enable_flags" bitfield="true">
+ <description summary="enable flags">
+ Enable flags is a bitmask to allow to modify the behavior of the text
+ input.
+ </description>
+ <entry name="none" value="0x0" summary="no special behavior"/>
+ <entry name="can_show_preedit" value="0x1" summary="hints that the UI is capable of showing pre-edit text"/>
+ <entry name="toggle_input_panel" value="0x2" summary="requests toggling input panel (eg. on-screen keyboard)"/>
+ </enum>
+
+ <request name="enable">
+ <description summary="Request text input to be enabled">
+ Requests text input on a surface.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="flags" type="uint" enum="enable_flags" summary="details of the enable request"/>
+ </request>
+
+ <request name="disable">
+ <description summary="Disable text input on a surface">
+ Explicitly disable text input in a surface (typically when there is no
+ focus on any text entry inside the surface).
+ </description>
+ </request>
+
+ <request name="set_surrounding_text">
+ <description summary="sets the surrounding text">
+ Sets the surrounding plain text around the input position. Text is
+ UTF-8 encoded. Cursor is the byte offset within the surrounding text.
+ Anchor is the byte offset of the selection anchor within the
+ surrounding text. If there is no selected text, anchor is the same as
+ cursor.
+
+ Make sure to always send some text before and after the cursor
+ except when the cursor is at the beginning or end of text.
+
+ There is a maximum length of wayland messages so text can not be
+ longer than 4000 bytes.
+
+ Values set with this request are double-buffered. They will get applied
+ on the next zwp_text_input_v3.commit request.
+
+ The initial value for text is an empty string, and the initial values for
+ cursor and anchor are 0.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="text" type="string"/>
+ <arg name="cursor" type="int"/>
+ <arg name="anchor" type="int"/>
+ </request>
+
+ <enum name="content_hint" bitfield="true">
+ <description summary="content hint">
+ Content hint is a bitmask to allow to modify the behavior of the text
+ input.
+ </description>
+ <entry name="none" value="0x0" summary="no special behavior"/>
+ <entry name="completion" value="0x1" summary="suggest word completions"/>
+ <entry name="spellcheck" value="0x2" summary="suggest word corrections"/>
+ <entry name="auto_capitalization" value="0x4" summary="switch to uppercase letters at the start of a sentence"/>
+ <entry name="lowercase" value="0x8" summary="prefer lowercase letters"/>
+ <entry name="uppercase" value="0x10" summary="prefer uppercase letters"/>
+ <entry name="titlecase" value="0x20" summary="prefer casing for titles and headings (can be language dependent)"/>
+ <entry name="hidden_text" value="0x40" summary="characters should be hidden"/>
+ <entry name="sensitive_data" value="0x80" summary="typed text should not be stored"/>
+ <entry name="latin" value="0x100" summary="just Latin characters should be entered"/>
+ <entry name="multiline" value="0x200" summary="the text input is multiline"/>
+ </enum>
+
+ <enum name="content_purpose">
+ <description summary="content purpose">
+ The content purpose allows to specify the primary purpose of a text
+ input.
+
+ This allows an input method to show special purpose input panels with
+ extra characters or to disallow some characters.
+ </description>
+ <entry name="normal" value="0" summary="default input, allowing all characters"/>
+ <entry name="alpha" value="1" summary="allow only alphabetic characters"/>
+ <entry name="digits" value="2" summary="allow only digits"/>
+ <entry name="number" value="3" summary="input a number (including decimal separator and sign)"/>
+ <entry name="phone" value="4" summary="input a phone number"/>
+ <entry name="url" value="5" summary="input an URL"/>
+ <entry name="email" value="6" summary="input an email address"/>
+ <entry name="name" value="7" summary="input a name of a person"/>
+ <entry name="password" value="8" summary="input a password (combine with sensitive_data hint)"/>
+ <entry name="pin" value="9" summary="input is a numeric password (combine with sensitive_data hint)"/>
+ <entry name="date" value="10" summary="input a date"/>
+ <entry name="time" value="11" summary="input a time"/>
+ <entry name="datetime" value="12" summary="input a date and time"/>
+ <entry name="terminal" value="13" summary="input for a terminal"/>
+ </enum>
+
+ <request name="set_content_type">
+ <description summary="set content purpose and hint">
+ Sets the content purpose and content hint. While the purpose is the
+ basic purpose of an input field, the hint flags allow to modify some
+ of the behavior.
+
+ Values set with this request are double-buffered. They will get applied
+ on the next zwp_text_input_v3.commit request.
+
+ The initial value for hint is none, and the initial value for purpose
+ is normal.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="hint" type="uint" enum="content_hint"/>
+ <arg name="purpose" type="uint" enum="content_purpose"/>
+ </request>
+
+ <request name="set_cursor_rectangle">
+ <description summary="set cursor position">
+ Sets the cursor outline as a x, y, width, height rectangle in surface
+ local coordinates.
+
+ Allows the compositor to put a window with word suggestions near the
+ cursor.
+
+ Values set with this request are double-buffered. They will get applied
+ on the next zwp_text_input_v3.commit request.
+
+ The initial values describing a cursor rectangle are invalid. That means
+ the pending cursor rectangle values must be set before the first commit
+ request.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="x" type="int"/>
+ <arg name="y" type="int"/>
+ <arg name="width" type="int"/>
+ <arg name="height" type="int"/>
+ </request>
+
+ <request name="commit">
+ <description summary="commit state">
+ Text input state (content purpose, content hint, surrounding text,
+ cursor rectangle) is conceptually double-buffered. Protocol requests
+ modify the pending state, as opposed to the current state in use by the
+ input method. A commit request atomically applies all pending state,
+ replacing the current state. After commit, the new pending state is as
+ documented for each related request.
+
+ The current and pending state never changes unless noted otherwise.
+ </description>
+ </request>
+
+ <event name="enter">
+ <description summary="enter event">
+ Notification that this seat's text-input focus is on a certain surface.
+
+ When the seat has the keyboard capability the text-input focus follows
+ the keyboard focus.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
+ </event>
+
+ <event name="leave">
+ <description summary="leave event">
+ Notification that this seat's text-input focus is no longer on
+ a certain surface. The client should reset any preedit string previously
+ set.
+
+ The leave notification is sent before the enter notification
+ for the new focus.
+
+ When the seat has the keyboard capability the text-input focus follows
+ the keyboard focus.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
+ </event>
+
+ <event name="preedit_string">
+ <description summary="pre-edit">
+ Notify when a new composing text (pre-edit) should be set around the
+ current cursor position. Any previously set composing text should
+ be removed.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="text" type="string" allow-null="true"/>
+ <arg name="cursor" type="uint"/>
+ </event>
+
+ <event name="commit_string">
+ <description summary="text commit">
+ Notify when text should be inserted into the editor widget. The text to
+ commit could be either just a single character after a key press or the
+ result of some composing (pre-edit).
+
+ The text argument could be also null if some text is removed (see
+ zwp_text_input_v3.delete_surrounding_text).
+
+ Any previously set composing text should be removed.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="text" type="string" allow-null="true"/>
+ </event>
+
+ <event name="delete_surrounding_text">
+ <description summary="delete surrounding text">
+ Notify when the text around the current cursor position should be
+ deleted. Before_length and after_length is the length (in bytes) of text
+ before and after the current cursor position (excluding the selection)
+ to delete.
+
+ This event should be handled as part of a following commit_string or
+ preedit_string event.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="before_length" type="uint" summary="length of text before current cursor position"/>
+ <arg name="after_length" type="uint" summary="length of text after current cursor position"/>
+ </event>
+ </interface>
+
+ <interface name="zwp_text_input_manager_v3" version="1">
+ <description summary="text input manager">
+ A factory for text-input objects. This object is a global singleton.
+ </description>
+
+ <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
+ <description summary="Destroy the wp_text_input_manager">
+ Destroy the wp_text_input_manager object.
+ </description>
+ </request>
+
+ <request name="get_text_input">
+ <description summary="create a new text input object">
+ Creates a new text-input object for a given seat.
+ </description>
+ <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="zwp_text_input_v3"/>
+ <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
+ </request>
+ </interface>
+</protocol>
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