[dolphin] [Bug 457065] New: Respect input method when typing filename prefixes

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457065

            Bug ID: 457065
           Summary: Respect input method when typing filename prefixes
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 20.04.2
          Platform: openSUSE RPMs
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: hierophanie at gmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Hello,

Currently, when typing incrementally the prefix of a filename to "jump" to it
in the main interface, only single-key events are taken into account. This is
fine if all characters in a given filename are bound to a single keyboard key,
but this is often not the case. Plenty of keyboard mappings use dead keys, and
there are also many input methods that use compose sequences to represent
characters in various languages.

To handle such cases, it is necessary to pass each key event through the input
method handler and, depending on what it returns, either do nothing (if a dead
key was pressed or if we're within a compose sequence), or lookup filename
prefixes (if the return value is a string), or do something else (for keyboard
keys like arrows, etc.)

If I remember well, XFCE's file manager, Thunar, supports this well. I don't
know much about Qt, though.

Best,

Michael

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