Installing the "caribou" package appears to have fixed the issue (keyboard appears in Gedit and Gnome Terminal). As this is originally a core Gnome package, should it not have been included in Ubuntu Gnome out of the box?
** Package changed: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-gnome-meta (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1589240 Title: Gnome on-screen keyboard doesn't appear when a text field is focused To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-gnome-meta/+bug/1589240/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs