callDBus in KWin QML script

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Is it possible to use the callDBus method from JavaScript KWin scripts in a QML KWin script? There is no online documentation on using this, and I cannot find any projects that attempt to do so.

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Found the solution, there is a class imported with org.kde.kwin called DBusCall that works fine. I also observed that the class was not documented anywhere except for in the header file of the C++ source code that created the QML class. Very fun

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Hello. Could you please share a snippet of QML that demonstrates the use of DBusCall? I have taken a look at your API documentation page but couldn’t figure out how to get the call working.

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I haven’t tried this but from the documentation it would look roughly like this

DBusCall {
    id: activateLauncherCall

    service: "org.kde.plasmashell"
    path: "/PlasmaShell"
    dbusInterface: "org.kde.PlasmaShell"
    method: "activateLauncherMenu"

    onFinished: (returnValue) => {
        console.log("Call finished");
    }
    onFailed: {
        console.log("Call failed");
    }
}

Then somewhere else, in a JavaScript context, e.g. signal handler

activateLauncherCall.call();
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Thanks a lot! I tinkered around with this last night got it to work for my karousel touchpad gesture effect.

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I am surprised that it works without the dbusInterface but I am glad I could help :slight_smile: