https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488346
Bug ID: 488346
Summary: Add ability to force touchscreen virtual keyboard to
show/hide
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version: 6.0.5
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: virtual-keyboard
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: m1vri...@duck.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Add ability to force the virtual keyboard to show regardless of whether Plasma
believes text is being entered.
Many apps do not have touchscreen support and do not automatically enable the
virtual keyboard when tapping on a touchscreen to enter text. Other apps have
bugs that don't show it at the right time. Although these should be fixed, a
universal fix would be to add the ability to override the automatic show/hide
of the virtual keyboard. It would be great to be able to do this with a touch
gesture, such as swiping up from the bottom of the screen.
I have also had issues where the keyboard would show up initially but would
then disappear when tapping to move the cursor to desired location in the text.
Forcing it to display would need to also force it to remain on-screen until
dismissed.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open LibreOffice with no keyboard connected
2. Tap touchscreen to enter text
OBSERVED RESULT
No virtual keyboard appears
EXPECTED RESULT
Virtual keyboard appears automatically, or user is able to show it manually.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
NixOS 24.11 (unstable channel)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.2.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
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