super_keyboard_layout 0.2.0+3

Keyboard layout mapping for Flutter. Map between physical and logical keys according to current keyboard layout and provides notification on layout changes.

Keyboard layout mapping for Flutter

Features

• Supports macOS, Windows and Linux
• Allows mapping between physical keys, logical keys and platform specific key codes according to current keyboard layout.
• Notification for keyboard layout changes.

Getting started

super_keyboard_layout uses Rust internally to implement low-level platform specific functionality. Rather than shipping prebuilt binaries with the plugin, Rust build is seamlessly integrated into the Flutter build process.

To use super_keyboard_layout, you will need to install Rust:

For macOS or Linux, execute the following command in Terminal.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

For Windows, you can use the Rust Installer.

In case you have Rust already installed, make sure to update it to latest version:

rustup update

That is it. The build integration will automatically install required Rust toolchains and other dependencies. This also means that first build might take a little bit longer.

Usage

import 'package:super_keyboard_layout/super_keyboard_layout.dart';

void main() async {
    final manager = await KeyboardLayoutManager.instance();
    if (manager.supported) {
        // Running on supported platform
        manager.onLayoutChanged.addListener(() {
            // Keyboard layout changed
            print('Keyboard layout changed');
        });
    }

    final layout = manager.currentLayout;

    // Getting logical key for physical key 1 with shift for current layout
    final logicalKey = layout.getLogicalKeyForPhysicalKey(PhysicalKeyboardKey.digit1, shift: true);

    // Getting physical key for logical key
    final physicalKey = layout.getPhysicalKeyForLogicalKey(LogicalKeyboardKey.keyA);

    // Getting platform spcific key code for either logical or physical key
    final playformCode = layout.getPlatformKeyCode(PhysicalKeyboardKey.digit1);
}

Running the example

Example project is available at super_keyboard_layout/example.

flutter pub global activate melos # if you don't have melos already installed
git clone https://github.com/superlistapp/super_native_extensions.git
cd super_native_extensions
melos bootstrap

After this you can open the folder in VSCode and run the super_keyboard_layout launcher configuration.

TODO(knopp): Add Intellij launcher configuration

Additional information

This plugin is in a very early stages of development and quite experimental.

PRs and bug reports are welcome!