Bug 460821

Summary:	Allow manual displaying of keyboard
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Roman Šmakal <schmaker>
Component:	virtual-keyboard	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.26.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Roman Šmakal 2022-10-21 18:54:15 UTC

If everything works as expected then keyboard shows when pressing input field. Problem is, when input field is selected and keyboard does not get shown or i . There is no way to bring it up for typing (neither swipe gesture or clicking on widget).

Use case - touchscreen with (for some reason) problematic app - Firefox at this moment (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460537)
 - i do not get keyboard automatically when input field is pressed and i do not have way to show the keyboard

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-10-24 22:15:28 UTC

The issue with Firefox is fixed as of Plasma 5.26, to be released tomorrow.

Aside from Firefox, are there other problematic apps?

Comment 2 Roman Šmakal 2022-10-25 03:53:16 UTC

No, so far i am not aware of any.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-10-25 16:11:54 UTC

Ok, then I think we don't need this. In general we want to fix things so they work automatically, not add workarounds for our own bugs. :)