Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of QtWebKitPlugins

Timestamp:

Nov 12, 2009, 7:17:43 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

yael.aharon@nokia.com

Comment:

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QtWebKitPlugins

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 == Symbian ==
-TODO
+
+
+The Symbian port of NPAPI is in http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/plugins/symbian .
+
+In Symbian, dlls can be loaded only from \sys\bin, so Symbian requires a different mechanism for loading Netscape plugins. We use QPluginLoader to find and load plugins. In order for WebKit to find Netscape plugins, they must follow these rules:
+ * Add template=lib and config+=plugin to the pro file.
+ * Implement the interface NPInterface as defined in http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/plugins/symbian/npinterface.h .
+ * Export the .qtplugin placeholder to \resource\qt\plugins\npqtplugin.
+
+PluginPackageSymbian.cpp -
+Uses QPluginLoader to load and unload the plugin. It also queries the plugin for its mime types, extensions and description.
+
+PluginDatabaseSymbian.cpp -
+Searches for available .qtplugin placeholders in the available drives in the system.
+
+PluginContainerSymbian.cpp -
+A QWidget that hosts a windowed plugin. This class should eventually merge with PluginContainerQt.cpp.
+
+PluginViewSymbian.cpp -
+Does the bulk of the work interacting with the plugin. It creates and destroys the plugin, resizes the plugin and in windowless mode, sends events to the plugin.
+
+Painting and events in windowless mode:
+
+Painting:
+Plugins should draw directly to the surface of the webview. Prior to each QPaintEvent, a plugin will receive a NPN_SetWindow call, that contains the NPWindow structure. The ws_info member of NPWindow will contain a pointer to the QPainter to use for painting. 
+
+Keyboard events:
+When the plugin has keyboard focus, triggered e.g. by the user tapping on the plugin, WebKit will pass keyboard events as QKeyEvent to the plugin.
+ 
+Mouse events:
+When WebKit receives mouse events in the plugin's area, it will pass QMouseEvent to the plugin.
 
 == Mac ==