Emit signal / notification when the virtual keyboard opens and closes

[dominiks]

Working on a mobile app I encountered the issue that the virtual keyboard that opens when editing a LineEdit blocks the user's view of the UI. It would be easy to fix this by adding a spacer Control that takes the height of DisplayServer.virtual_keyboard_get_height() ( / get_window().content_scale_factor actually) to move all content out of that zone but there is no way to be notified when the view opens. You can enable this spacer element when the LineEdit receives focus and hide it when the focus is lost but the virtual keyboard can open and close without losing focus of the control.

Therefore I think it would be good to have a signal or a notification whenever the virtual keyboard is opened or closed. Currently the DisplayServer handles everything regarding the virtual keyboard but servers don't send signals, I think. Alternatively the event could be emitted by LineEdit and TextEdit as they automatically open the keyboard.

[duongxinh2003]

Any update?

[Calinou]

To my knowledge, nobody has started working on this yet. It should be possible but I'm not sure if the LineEdit/TextEdit sending the signal will lead to good usability.

Out of curioisity, what are you trying to achieve by having this signal available?