Switch from text insertion to key press and release events on the virtual k…

ui/keyboard/keyboard_util.h

Index: ui/keyboard/keyboard_util.h
diff --git a/ui/keyboard/keyboard_util.h b/ui/keyboard/keyboard_util.h
index 7d4643335c9ee4c802b36f6fb192e772d8712910..68069d571413a3cd03100a0720972a91d7c9677e 100644
--- a/ui/keyboard/keyboard_util.h
+++ b/ui/keyboard/keyboard_util.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ enum CursorMoveDirection {
 KEYBOARD_EXPORT bool IsKeyboardEnabled();
 
 // Insert |text| into the active TextInputClient associated with |root_window|,
-// if there is one.  Returns true if |text| was successfully inserted.  Note
+// if there is one. Returns true if |text| was successfully inserted. Note
 // that this may convert |text| into ui::KeyEvents for injection in some
 // special circumstances (i.e. VKEY_RETURN, VKEY_BACK).
 KEYBOARD_EXPORT bool InsertText(const base::string16& text,
@@ -41,7 +41,18 @@ KEYBOARD_EXPORT bool MoveCursor(int swipe_direction,
                                 int modifier_flags,
                                 aura::RootWindow* root_window);
 
-// Get the list of keyboard resources.  |size| is populated with the number of
+// Sends a fabricated key event, where |type| is the event type, |key_value|
+// is the unicode value of the character, |key_code| is the legacy key code
+// value, and {shift_modifier| indicates if the shift key is being virtually

[sadrul, 2013/09/04 15:44:54]

s/{/|/

[kevers, 2013/09/04 18:01:15]

Done.

+// pressed. The event is dispatched to the active TextInputClient associated
+// with |root_window|. The type may be "keydown" or "keyup".
+KEYBOARD_EXPORT bool SendKeyEvent(std::string type,
+                                   int key_value,
+                                   int key_code,
+                                   bool shift_modifier,
+                                   aura::RootWindow* root_window);
+
+// Get the list of keyboard resources. |size| is populated with the number of
 // resources in the returned array.
 KEYBOARD_EXPORT const GritResourceMap* GetKeyboardExtensionResources(
     size_t* size);