Bug 390710

Summary:	Add more options for screen edge touchscreen actions, e.g. virtual keyboard
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens>
Component:	input	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Stefan Brüns 2018-02-19 03:20:09 UTC

Currently, the screen edge gestures allow to e.g. lock the screen or show the application launcher.

Some more options would be nice, for me a virtual keyboard would be the most important one.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2018-03-01 03:04:30 UTC

Regarding the virtual keyboard, the primary goal should be to automatically show it when a widget has keyboard focus, as indicated by XIM on X11. Not sure if Wayland has similar technology to inform the compositor that an application has an active widget which accepts keyboard input.

Comment 2 Martin Flöser 2018-03-01 05:14:30 UTC

On Wayland the keyboard shows when needed.

Comment 3 Stefan Brüns 2018-03-05 21:46:22 UTC

How does this work in case of "Type to search", e.g. on the Dashboard Application launcher?
There is no widget which can be activated.