1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <protocol name="input_method">
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29 <interface name="input_method_context" version="1">
30 <description summary="input method context">
31 Corresponds to a text model on input method side. An input method context
32 is created on text mode activation on the input method side. It allows to
33 receive information about the text model from the application via events.
34 Input method contexts do not keep state after deactivation and should be
35 destroyed after deactivation is handled.
37 <request name="destroy" type="destructor"/>
38 <request name="commit_string">
39 <description summary="commit string">
40 Send the commit string text to the applications text model.
42 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
43 <arg name="text" type="string"/>
44 <arg name="index" type="uint"/>
46 <request name="preedit_string">
47 <description summary="pre-edit string">
48 Send the pre-edit string text to the applications text model.
50 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
51 <arg name="text" type="string"/>
52 <arg name="commit" type="string"/>
54 <request name="preedit_styling">
55 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
56 <arg name="index" type="uint"/>
57 <arg name="length" type="uint"/>
58 <arg name="style" type="uint"/>
60 <request name="preedit_cursor">
61 <description summary="pre-edit cursor">
62 Sets the cursor position inside the composing text (as byte index)
63 relative to the start of the composing text.
65 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
66 <arg name="index" type="int"/>
68 <request name="delete_surrounding_text">
69 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
70 <arg name="index" type="int"/>
71 <arg name="length" type="uint"/>
73 <request name="modifiers_map">
74 <arg name="map" type="array"/>
76 <request name="keysym">
77 <description summary="keysym">
78 Notify when a key event was sent. Key events should not be used
79 for normal text input operations, which should be done with
80 commit_string, delete_surrounfing_text, etc. The key event follows
81 the wl_keyboard key event convention. State is a XKB keysym, state a
82 wl_keyboard key_state.
84 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
85 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
86 <arg name="sym" type="uint"/>
87 <arg name="state" type="uint"/>
88 <arg name="modifiers" type="uint"/>
90 <request name="grab_keyboard">
91 <description summary="grab hardware keyboard">
92 Allows an input method to receive hardware keyboard input and process
93 key events to generate text events (with pre-edit) over the. This allows
94 input methods which compose multiple key events for inputting text
95 like it is done for CJK languages.
97 <arg name="keyboard" type="new_id" interface="wl_keyboard"/>
100 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
101 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
102 <arg name="key" type="uint"/>
103 <arg name="state" type="uint"/>
105 <request name="modifiers">
106 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
107 <arg name="mods_depressed" type="uint"/>
108 <arg name="mods_latched" type="uint"/>
109 <arg name="mods_locked" type="uint"/>
110 <arg name="group" type="uint"/>
112 <event name="surrounding_text">
113 <description summary="surrounding text event">
114 The plain surrounding text around the input position. Cursor is the
115 position within the surrounding text. Anchor is the position of the
116 selection anchor within the surrounding text. If there is no selected
117 text anchor is the same as cursor.
119 <arg name="text" type="string"/>
120 <arg name="cursor" type="uint"/>
121 <arg name="anchor" type="uint"/>
124 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
128 <interface name="input_method" version="1">
129 <description summary="input method">
130 An input method object is responsible to compose text in response to
131 input from hardware or virtual keyboards. There is one input method
132 object per seat. On activate there is a new input method context object
133 created which allows the input method to communicate with the text model.
135 <event name="activate">
136 <description summary="activate event">
137 A text model was activated. Creates an input method context object
138 which allows communication with the text model.
140 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="input_method_context"/>
141 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
143 <event name="deactivate">
144 <description summary="activate event">
145 The text model corresponding to the context argument was deactivated.
146 The input method context should be destroyed after deactivation is
149 <arg name="context" type="object" interface="input_method_context"/>