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

ui/keyboard/keyboard_util.h

 // Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef UI_KEYBOARD_KEYBOARD_UTIL_H_
 #define UI_KEYBOARD_KEYBOARD_UTIL_H_
 
 #include <string>
 
 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
 #include "ui/keyboard/keyboard_export.h"
 
 namespace aura {
 class RootWindow;
 }
 struct GritResourceMap;
 
 namespace keyboard {
 
 // Returns true if the virtual keyboard is enabled.
 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,
                                 aura::RootWindow* root_window);
 
-// Get the list of keyboard resources.  |size| is populated with the number of
+// Dispatches a fabricated key event, where |type| is the event type, and
+// |char_code| is the unicode value of the character. The event is dispatched
+// to the active TextInputClient associated with |root_window|. The type may be
+// "keyPressed" or "keyReleased".
+KEYBOARD_EXPORT bool DispatchKeyEvent(std::string type,
+                                      int char_code,
+                                      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);
 
 }  // namespace keyboard
 
 #endif  // UI_KEYBOARD_KEYBOARD_UTIL_H_