macOS Qt QLineEdit/QTextBox Focus Issue

[user8013581]

Hello,

I am currently having an issue with my plugin on macOS using Qt. When selecting a text box (i.e. QLineEdit or QTextEdit) I can enter text but most times (sometimes it works?) I cannot use shortcuts to commands like cut, copy and insert text as it conflicts with the commands of Adobe Illustrator itself. This is my current code in my CustomPlugin::StartupPlugin() function:

customWidget = new CustomWidget();
[panelPlatformWindow setAutoresizesSubviews:YES];
NSView* customWidgetView = (__bridge NSView*)reinterpret_cast<void*>(customWidget->winId());
[customWidgetView setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable | NSViewWidthSizable]; 
[customWidgetView setAutoresizesSubviews:YES]; 
[panelPlatformWindow setFrame:[customWidgetView frame]];
[panelPlatformWindow addSubview:customWidgetView positioned:NSWindowAbove relativeTo:nil];
customWidgetView->show();

Before initializing QApplication, Qt::AA_PluginApplication is set. I also tried it with QMacNativeWidget as it is described here​ but the behaviour is the same. I am using this approach because it scales the widget 1:1 to the panel. I also tried catching the QKeyEvent but it seems to not even arrive in Qt when it triggers the Adobe Illustrator shortcuts, e.g. inserting a text in the current document instead of inserting it in the currently focused QLIneEdit/QTextEdit.

I am using Qt 5.12.1, Adobe Illustrator SDK 2017, Xcode 7.3.1, macOS 10.13.

Any help is really welcome!

Kind regards,

Sebbo

[Matthias Paul Seidel]

Hi Sebbo!

Did you get any answer here? I run into the same problem.

Best,

  Paul