allow easy touch based text search as an efficient way to find music (alternative to browsing directories with the jog dial )

[ghomem]

Part of this blueprint:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/mixxx/+spec/mixxx-embed-touch

For the sake of touch friendliness and embedded operation we need quick track search to be doable from a touch keyboard (like Onboard or another). It needs to be investigated how this can be implemented in a desktop environment independent way, or in a user configurable way (ex: commands to make the onscreen keyboard popup and retreat).

Ideially, the impementation should not be specific to Gnome, Mate, KDE or other DE but rather done in a standard way (if such thing exists) or user configurable way (if such thing exists).

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

Qt has this QML based solution:
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtvirtualkeyboard-index.html

A widget based approach is described here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18979015/onscreen-keyboard-in-qt-5

I have no experience with both unfortunately.

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/9699