Bug 460821 - Allow manual displaying of keyboard
Summary: Allow manual displaying of keyboard
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: virtual-keyboard (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.26.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2022-10-21 18:54 UTC by Roman Šmakal
Modified: 2022-10-25 16:11 UTC (History)
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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. :)