Bug 511536 - no virtual keyboard available except in login screen
Summary: no virtual keyboard available except in login screen
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Plasma Keyboard
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR grave
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-11-02 18:49 UTC by midtoad
Modified: 2025-11-03 01:26 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description midtoad 2025-11-02 18:49:18 UTC 
SUMMARY
The virtual keyboard is only available at the initial login screen, Preventing use of this distribution by those of us with disabilities. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. log in to OpenSuse Leap 16.0 using virtual keyboard.
2. Open a text editor.
3. No virtual keyboard appears.

OBSERVED RESULT
No virtual keyboard available for users.

EXPECTED RESULT
virtual keyboard available for users.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: OpenSuse Leap 16.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Accessibility failure.
Comment 1 Aleix Pol 2025-11-02 23:49:17 UTC 
Seems like your system is configured without a virtual keyboard. I'd say make sure it's installed and properly configured in the  Virtual Keyboard module on system settings.
Comment 2 midtoad 2025-11-03 01:26:25 UTC 
That's exactly the problem. There is no virtual keyboard installed with leak 16.0 that we can use. Except in the login screen somehow.

This shows that KDE does not take accessibility seriously, unlike the gnome project, which includes an accessibility keyboard by default .