#1054 Input method candidate box never follows the cursor in Editor (wxgtk / ibus)

[orzun]

• Versions: Arch Linux / Gnome 3.38.2 / ibus 1.5.23 / ibus-libpinyin 1.11.1 / CodeBlocks 20.03 rev 11997 / wxgtk 3.0.5.1
• Steps to reproduce:
  1. change IME to ibus-libpinyin by press Super+Space;
  2. open CodeBlocks and input something in the Editor, the candidate box is below the Editor area:
     
• Expected behavior:
  the candidate box should follow the cursor when typing like it in poedit:
  

[Teodor Petrov]

Does this work in the stc sample of wxWidgets or in CodeLite (another editor based on wx and scintillla)?

[orzun]

No, it doesn't work in Codelite. I didn't try it with the stc sample of wxWidgets.

[Teodor Petrov]

Can you try building C::B against wx-master? You can install it locally and then use

  --with-wx-config=CONFIG wx-config script to use (optional)

to select the non-system version. This would make it possible to test also the stc sample. Hint: The wxscintilla code in C::B and wx is slightly different, so the code it wx might work, but the code in C::B might not. This would be helpful info.

Note: Does this thing work in scite, geany or any other scintila+gtk based editor?

[orzun]

It could take some time to build wxWidget on my laptop. It works somewhat in scite and geany:
I searched IBus in Codelite's github repo, and found it might be a bug for wxScintila.

[orzun]

I build the stc sample to test. Unfortunately, ibus behaves the same as in CodeBlocks. So it could be an upstream issue.

[Teodor Petrov]

We try to be in sync with the code in wx, so if it is broken there chances that it works in C::B are close to 0.

[Teodor Petrov]

Link to upstream ticket https://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/19028