Bug 429173

Summary:	[Wayland] Keyboard input is not available from Android to Plasma
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	Ahmed <ahmed.com>
Component:	common	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	albertogomezmarin, aleixpol, ashark, boredsquirrel, cirlo_ca, greatscams, kalle.f8+kde, nicolas.fella, putr4.s, sk.griffinix
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	wayland
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-kde/-/commit/851e456210f6f154dbee21bec3e314c6c1b01354	Version Fixed In:	23.04
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Ahmed 2020-11-15 22:19:17 UTC

SUMMARY
Keyboard input is not available from Android to KDE neon 5.20 User Edition when I am on a Wayland session.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open KDE Connect on Android.
2. Go to Remote input.

OBSERVED RESULT
The icon of the keyboard appears for 2 seconds then disappears.

EXPECTED RESULT
The icon of the keyboard to appear all the time.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon 5.20 User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
KDE Connect (Android) version 1.15.1.11510

Comment 1 Ahmed 2021-04-11 13:40:19 UTC

The same issue exists with KDE neon 5.21 User Edition.

Comment 2 Nicolas Fella 2021-11-09 21:50:45 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 359747 ***

Comment 3 Prajna Sariputra 2021-11-09 22:07:53 UTC

That other bug is talking about clipboard support, this is talking about keyboard input from the "Remote input" section in the app, the button is missing if the PC side is on Wayland.

As of now I have version 1.17.0 on the Android side and Plasma 5.23.2 + KDE Connect 21.08.3 on the PC side, and this feature is still missing.

Comment 4 Nicolas Fella 2021-11-09 22:10:08 UTC

right, sorry

Comment 5 Nicolas Fella 2021-11-24 12:44:46 UTC

*** Bug 443101 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Andrew Shark 2022-05-18 18:56:44 UTC

I suggest to at least not hide the keyboard icon. What about making it "inactive"(half-transparent) and when clicked, show a text like "Wayland keyboard input is currently not implemented"?

It was confusing that keyboard icon was missing and it took me several hours to understand that it is because my PC is in Wayland. I searched where this function is and if it was removed from the app.

Comment 7 Alberto 2022-06-03 01:26:49 UTC

i've changed this tittle because it happens too in manjaro so I think is something general

Comment 8 Albert Vaca Cintora 2022-12-30 22:44:30 UTC

*** Bug 459348 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Henning 2023-02-23 21:56:20 UTC

This is still happening on 5.27 and KDE Connect Version 1.22.2 (Android).

It is a wayland issue, I get the message: Keyboard input not supported by the paired device

Comment 10 Prajna Sariputra 2023-02-23 22:20:34 UTC

While Plasma 5.27 does have some of the fixes needed for this to work the KDE Connect app on the PC side also needs to be updated to version 23.04, which has not been released yet (this is noted in the "Version Fixed In" section of the bug report)