I am relatively sure this is NOTOURBUG - I have tested on Bodhi with kvkbd as my onscreen keyboard and it works no problem. I suspect this is a Ubuntu issue.
@Bjoern - can you confirm that this isn't LibreOffice doing funky things? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090960 Title: Typing into Writer hides Onboard screen keyboard Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: New Status in Ubuntu on the Nexus 7: Triaged Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Typing into Writer generates an AT-SPI event for lost focus. Onboard hides when that happens and has to be manually shown again to be able to continue typing. Steps to reproduce: 1. sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-writer 2. Start Onboard screen keyboard, auto-show enabled 3. Start Writer with an empty document -> keyboard shows, ok 4. Type one character -> keyboard hides, when it should stay visible Ubuntu 13.04 LibreOffice 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1090960/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp