Bug 509416

cc TraceyC, Nate

Sorry to bother. I hope it's ok if I cc.

Just checked, and the issue persists.

Link to DKO post: https://discuss.kde.org/t/fedora-41-kde-virtual-keyboard-keeps-enabling-itself-how-to-disable-permanently/30127/

Things work here, can you share output of:

~/.config/kwinrc
~/.config/kdeglobals
/etc/xdg/kwinrc (if it exists)
/etc/xdg/kdeglobals (if it exists)

*** Bug 504626 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Thanks David.

Here:

kwinrc:
```
[Desktops]
Id_1=449f4ef6-84be-4914-b4f5-18d898e4c060
Number=1
Rows=1

[Effect-overview]
BorderActivate=9

[NightColor]
Active=true
LatitudeAuto=21
LatitudeFixed=15.672709923664115
LongitudeAuto=75.57
LongitudeFixed=79.00111607142856
Mode=Location

[Plugins]
minimizeallEnabled=false
shakecursorEnabled=false

[Tiling]
padding=4

[Tiling][449f4ef6-84be-4914-b4f5-18d898e4c060][12b8a6ed-4331-4eca-84ad-6fe7c5379025]
tiles={"layoutDirection":"horizontal","tiles":[{"width":0.25},{"width":0.5},{"width":0.25}]}

[Tiling][449f4ef6-84be-4914-b4f5-18d898e4c060][6be4e95c-4668-4b1c-aa78-1ceb9491a8ff]
tiles={"layoutDirection":"horizontal","tiles":[{"width":0.25},{"width":0.5},{"width":0.25}]}

[Tiling][82fa6e03-2eef-51c7-87ad-688ceeb16eca]
tiles={"layoutDirection":"horizontal","tiles":[{"width":0.25},{"width":0.5},{"width":0.25}]}

[Wayland]
InputMethod[$d]
VirtualKeyboardEnabled=false

[Xwayland]
Scale=1
```

kdeglobals:
```
[ColorEffects:Disabled]
ChangeSelectionColor=
Color=56,56,56
ColorAmount=0
ColorEffect=0
ContrastAmount=0.65
ContrastEffect=1
Enable=
IntensityAmount=0.1
IntensityEffect=2

[ColorEffects:Inactive]
ChangeSelectionColor=true
Color=112,111,110
ColorAmount=0.025
ColorEffect=2
ContrastAmount=0.1
ContrastEffect=2
Enable=false
IntensityAmount=0
IntensityEffect=0

[Colors:Button]
BackgroundAlternate=30,87,116
BackgroundNormal=41,44,48
DecorationFocus=61,174,233
DecorationHover=61,174,233
ForegroundActive=61,174,233
ForegroundInactive=161,169,177
ForegroundLink=29,153,243
ForegroundNegative=218,68,83
ForegroundNeutral=246,116,0
ForegroundNormal=252,252,252
ForegroundPositive=39,174,96
ForegroundVisited=155,89,182

[Colors:Complementary]
BackgroundAlternate=30,87,116
BackgroundNormal=32,35,38
DecorationFocus=61,174,233
DecorationHover=61,174,233
ForegroundActive=61,174,233
ForegroundInactive=161,169,177
ForegroundLink=29,153,243
ForegroundNegative=218,68,83
ForegroundNeutral=246,116,0
ForegroundNormal=252,252,252
ForegroundPositive=39,174,96
ForegroundVisited=155,89,182

[Colors:Header]
BackgroundAlternate=32,35,38
BackgroundNormal=41,44,48
DecorationFocus=61,174,233
DecorationHover=61,174,233
ForegroundActive=61,174,233
ForegroundInactive=161,169,177
ForegroundLink=29,153,243
ForegroundNegative=218,68,83
ForegroundNeutral=246,116,0
ForegroundNormal=252,252,252
ForegroundPositive=39,174,96
ForegroundVisited=155,89,182

[Colors:Header][Inactive]
BackgroundAlternate=41,44,48
BackgroundNormal=32,35,38
DecorationFocus=61,174,233
DecorationHover=61,174,233
ForegroundActive=61,174,233
ForegroundInactive=161,169,177
ForegroundLink=29,153,243
ForegroundNegative=218,68,83
ForegroundNeutral=246,116,0
ForegroundNormal=252,252,252
ForegroundPositive=39,174,96
ForegroundVisited=155,89,182

[Colors:Selection]
BackgroundAlternate=30,87,116
BackgroundNormal=61,174,233
DecorationFocus=61,174,233
DecorationHover=61,174,233
ForegroundActive=252,252,252
ForegroundInactive=161,169,177
ForegroundLink=253,188,75
ForegroundNegative=176,55,69
ForegroundNeutral=198,92,0
ForegroundNormal=252,252,252
ForegroundPositive=23,104,57
ForegroundVisited=155,89,182

[Colors:Tooltip]
BackgroundAlternate=32,35,38
BackgroundNormal=41,44,48
DecorationFocus=61,174,233
DecorationHover=61,174,233
ForegroundActive=61,174,233
ForegroundInactive=161,169,177
ForegroundLink=29,153,243
ForegroundNegative=218,68,83
ForegroundNeutral=246,116,0
ForegroundNormal=252,252,252
ForegroundPositive=39,174,96
ForegroundVisited=155,89,182

[Colors:View]
BackgroundAlternate=29,31,34
BackgroundNormal=20,22,24
DecorationFocus=61,174,233
DecorationHover=61,174,233
ForegroundActive=61,174,233
ForegroundInactive=161,169,177
ForegroundLink=29,153,243
ForegroundNegative=218,68,83
ForegroundNeutral=246,116,0
ForegroundNormal=252,252,252
ForegroundPositive=39,174,96
ForegroundVisited=155,89,182

[Colors:Window]
BackgroundAlternate=41,44,48
BackgroundNormal=32,35,38
DecorationFocus=61,174,233
DecorationHover=61,174,233
ForegroundActive=61,174,233
ForegroundInactive=161,169,177
ForegroundLink=29,153,243
ForegroundNegative=218,68,83
ForegroundNeutral=246,116,0
ForegroundNormal=252,252,252
ForegroundPositive=39,174,96
ForegroundVisited=155,89,182

[DirSelect Dialog]
DirSelectDialog Size=820,584
History Items[$e]=file:$HOME/Documents/Project/0 Softorage/1 Ops,file:$HOME/Documents/Project/0 Softorage/1 Ops,file:$HOME/Documents/Project/0 Softorage/0 repos/images,file:$HOME/Documents/Project/0 Softorage/0 repos/SAW,file:$HOME/Documents/Project/0 Softorage/0 repos/Main,file:$HOME/Documents/Project/other projects
Splitter State=\x00\x00\x00\xff\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x8c\x00\x00\x02\xa8\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\x01\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00

[General]
ColorSchemeHash=2c3f86428c11011a7c64ee1e7f47c274d498ff10
UseSystemBell=true

[KDE]
DndBehavior=MoveIfSameDevice
LookAndFeelPackage=org.kde.breezedark.desktop

[KFileDialog Settings]
Allow Expansion=false
Automatically select filename extension=false
Breadcrumb Navigation=true
Decoration position=2
LocationCombo Completionmode=5
PathCombo Completionmode=5
Show Full Path=false
Show Inline Previews=true
Show Preview=false
Show Speedbar=true
Show hidden files=true
Sort by=Date
Sort directories first=true
Sort hidden files last=false
Sort reversed=false
Speedbar Width=140
View Style=Detail

[KShortcutsDialog Settings]
Dialog Size=600,480

[PreviewSettings]
EnableRemoteFolderThumbnail=false
MaximumRemoteSize=0

[WM]
activeBackground=39,44,49
activeBlend=252,252,252
activeForeground=252,252,252
inactiveBackground=32,36,40
inactiveBlend=161,169,177
inactiveForeground=161,169,177
```

cat: /etc/xdg/kwinrc: No such file or directory

cat: /etc/xdg/kdeglobals: No such file or directory

Will share the screen recording here to better explain the issue.

Created attachment 185624 [details]
Recording showing the issue

Apparently, the setting does get saved as can be seen in kwinrc above (and, once I set the virtual keyboard to None in the settings, I can see maliit-keyboard process getting out of the process list, too). So it's just a matter of System Settings being set to the incorrect default when the virtual keyboard is disabled.