On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:27:38 +0200 Maximilian Lika via enlightenment-devel <[email protected]> said:
> Thanks for the explanation. Deleting works great. Nevertheless, I'm > looking for a solution that doesn't involve Enlightenment. But that > probably doesn't exist, and I'd have to program it directly into the > app. > > Best wishes, Max as i said - input methods. you likely have not configured one on ubuntu - in e it has a vkbd. on gnome - i suspect it relies on input methods. you ahve to configure one efl has support for - it can support ibus and scim and xim (in x - in wayland it's suppoerted out of the box - in weston i see a vkbd appear from weston when i focus an entry widget in elementary_test - try one of the entry tests. of course it might be efl is using x compat for you... you'd have to unset DISPLAY to get efl to fall back to wl. > Am Dienstag, dem 28.04.2026 um 18:14 +0100 schrieb Carsten Haitzler: > > On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:58:46 +0200 Maximilian Lika via enlightenment- > > devel > > <[email protected]> said: > > > > > Thanks for the tip. I just tested it on my desktop PC. > > > Unfortunately, > > > the module is very basic and not what I was looking for (deleting > > > text > > > doesn't seem to work). > > > > slider finger up to change layout. you will get backspace button with > > one of > > the layouts. but slide finger to left to delete. slide right to add > > space or > > submit the predicted/edited word (if the layout does > > prediction/correction) > > > > as per my previous email. it does need work - but it is fully > > functional enough > > to enter text pretty much for everything you need at a basic level. > > > > > Ubuntu Touch doesn’t run Enlightenment either; instead, it uses the > > > Lomiri desktop environment. Is there any way to activate the on- > > > screen > > > keyboard installed there? Or is there a virtual keyboard from Efl > > > itself that works even without Enlightenment? > > > > > > Many thanks and best regards, > > > Max > > > > > > Translated with DeepL.com (free version) > > > > > > Am Dienstag, dem 28.04.2026 um 18:10 +0200 schrieb Massimo > > > Maiurana: > > > > E has its own virtual keyboard, you just have to enable the > > > > module. > > > > I've > > > > never used it though so i don't know how it works. > > > > > > > > Massimo Maiurana > > > > > > > > Maximilian Lika via enlightenment-devel ha scritto il 28/04/26 > > > > alle > > > > 17:10: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I'm experimenting with EFL on Ubuntu Touch and managed to > > > > > install > > > > > the > > > > > libraries in a Libertine container. One problem is that the on- > > > > > screen > > > > > keyboard of Ubuntu Touch does not appear when an Entry or other > > > > > text- > > > > > input widget is focused. What is the recommended way in EFL to > > > > > handle > > > > > virtual keyboards? I noticed the elm_entry_input_panel* > > > > > functions, > > > > > but > > > > > they didn't work for me. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > Max > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - [email protected] _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
