Bug 400071

Summary:	Virtual keyboard launcher widget
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Todd <toddrme2178>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	cfeck, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.14.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Todd 2018-10-20 18:26:56 UTC

Plasma has a virtual keyboard, which should be activated when a text input field is selected and no keyboard is available.  However, there are times you may want it even when a physical keyboard is detected as being available.  So having a plasma widget that when pressed will pull up the virtual keyboard, like the button SDDM has, would be very useful.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-03-10 03:55:37 UTC

Unfortunately there turns out to be no way to make the virtual keyboard work tolerably on X11. On Wayland, we can make the virtual keyboard appear only when needed: when you actually touch a text input field. We can also make the UI adjust so that the text field remains visible when the keyboard appears. None of these things would be possible for a manually-activated virtual keyboard. So I think we will have to stay with the current approach, sorry. :)