[Software] Onboard virtual keyboard

[INVICTRA]

Latest Onboard version works OK. The problem is it can only send key-strokes to applications running under Xwayland. AI says it might be blocked from sending key-strokes to desktop or Wayland apps by the newer and stricter kwin in Plasma 6.
I mainly use it for my browser. The workaround currently is to start my browser under Xwayland.

Does anyone have a workaround?

[INVICTRA]

1.4.4-2

[Fixes]
fix: prevent window from being dragged off-screen
fix: prevent window from being dragged or restored off-screen
fix: replace invalid UTF-8 chars in ACPI events (LP: #1808446)

[Features]
feat: sign upstream tarball with Trezor GPG key on release

[Other]
Merge PR #50: Add Wayland support (AlexP11223)
Add native Wayland key injection and documentation

We have a working Onboard for Wayland since May 26 already with 1.4.4. But Ubuntu ships 1.4.3.
I build it directly from github and it works properly now. No need to run as X11 under XWayland.

Solution:
Wait longer or build latest version yourself from github.

[INVICTRA]

1.4.4-2

[Fixes]
fix: prevent window from being dragged off-screen
fix: prevent window from being dragged or restored off-screen
fix: replace invalid UTF-8 chars in ACPI events (LP: #1808446)

[Features]
feat: sign upstream tarball with Trezor GPG key on release

[Other]
Merge PR #50: Add Wayland support (AlexP11223)
Add native Wayland key injection and documentation

We have a working Onboard for Wayland since May 26 already with 1.4.4. But Ubuntu ships 1.4.3.
I build it directly from github and it works properly now. No need to run as X11 under XWayland.

Solution:
Wait longer or build latest version yourself from github.

[claydoh]

Have you tried the new plasma-keyboard yet? Just curious on how it works for people.

[INVICTRA]

I did manage to get it working today. But it needed to be forced for use with mouse.

mkdir -p ~/.config/environment.d
nano ~/.config/environment.d/plasma-keyboard.conf

Add this to the file.
KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1

It works OK. Useful for touch devices. For my use case it lacks the following:

• floating keyboard
• movable anywhere
• always available
• mouse-operated
• full desktop keyboard (Ctrl, Alt, F-keys)
• no touchscreen required (Plasma keyboard can be forced with mouse)

I failed to get it working at login screen (SDDM) some moths ago. Maybe should give it another try.

EDIT:
Got it working this time. The trick was to add KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1 in my config because I don't have a touchscreen.

/etc/sddm.conf.d/10-wayland.conf

[General]
DisplayServer=wayland
GreeterEnvironment=QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION=la yer-shell

[Wayland]
CompositorCommand=env KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1 kwin_wayland --drm --no-lockscreen --no-global-shortcuts --locale1 --inputmethod plasma-keyboard

And I moved the variable from my session ~/.config/environment.d to global variable.

/etc/environment.d/99-plasma-keyboard.conf

KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1

[vanadiumboy]

It would have been nice if they got this working before any OS was shipped. it is a fundamental feature like a Notepad software, calculator, a console, mouse support.