Keyboard Events

Scope

The Sky keyboard API is intended to handle the following:

• reporting raw key down/up events from physical keyboards (“Alt” down, “E” down, “E” up, “Alt” up)

• reporting simulated raw key down/up events from virtual keyboards, if the keyboard provides them

• IME

  • reporting input text events from physical and virtual keyboards (“é”, autorepeat)
  • inline editing of typed word
  • backspace
  • autocorrect
  • editing around app-provided chips
  • adjusting editor UI (line height, word spacing, etc)
  • replacing selection
  • providing per-phrase alternative interpretations
  • composing letters
  • composing words

API

TODO(ianh): Write API.