Bug 422702 - Virtual keyboard stopped working since the last update, wayland
Summary: Virtual keyboard stopped working since the last update, wayland
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: virtual-keyboard (show other bugs)
Version: 5.19.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Keywords:
: 423834 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-06-09 22:59 UTC by Keziolio
Modified: 2020-07-29 15:59 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 5.19.4


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Description Keziolio 2020-06-09 22:59:52 UTC
SUMMARY
Virtual keyboard closes itself after pressing a key, after the new 5.19 update

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. start kde on wayland in a touchscreen device without a physical keyboard
2. press on a text box
3. try to write in the text box with the virtual keyboard

OBSERVED RESULT
The keyboard closes itself

EXPECTED RESULT
The keyboard should write stuff in the text box


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Everything up to date on Archlinux
Comment 1 Ben Norton 2020-06-26 14:18:52 UTC
Having the same problem on latest OpenSUSE Tumbleweed since 5.19.0, on 5.19.1 now and still a problem. In Wayland, the virtual keyboard comes up but as soon as you touch it, it closes, it's seems almost like it thinks your touching the desktop instead of the keyboard. In X11 qtvirtualkeyboard works fine. 

An additional problem that occurs that might help figure out the problem, When I enable using the virtual keyboard, and then change and apply anything in System Settings, the Application Menu when activated on My panel shows a very zoomed and stretched portion of some part of the screen across whole screen, instead of the menu, once I touch anything it goes back to the regular view. To get a working Application Menu back, I just need to disable the virtual keyboard. But I need to reboot to stop it happening again on re-enabling the virtual keyboard.
Comment 2 Zamundaaa 2020-07-01 19:52:24 UTC
Same problem, on 5.19.2.
Comment 3 Benjamin Hennion 2020-07-20 17:35:32 UTC
Same issue as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423834.

Seems to be actually due to the update from Qt 5.14.2 to Qt 5.15.0.

It works well on Neon (wayland) with plasma-desktop 5.19.3, plasma-framework 5.72.0 and Qt 5.14.2 (booted from a live usb key, then into a wayland session).

It does not work on Arch Linux with plasma-desktop 5.18.5, plasma-framework 5.70.1 and Qt 5.15.0 (nor with the latest updates 5.19.3/5.72.0/5.15.0).
Comment 5 Benjamin Hennion 2020-07-29 15:59:57 UTC
*** Bug 423834 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***