cross-posted from: https://swg-empire.de/post/842090
Finally the Onboard on screen keyboard works on Wayland
This is too great not to share. Wayland devs hate this trick! I’ll copy what I did from the bug report.
As a workaround you can use https://github.com/Supreeeme/extest to make Onboard work. Compile it as a 64 bit library and launch onboard with
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libextest.so onboardIf you want to use it with KDE you can add
X-KDE-Wayland-VirtualKeyboard=trueto its desktop-file.
I used kwin rules to get rid of window decorations and have it always on top without stealing focus. If someone knows how to make all other windows smaller when it’s active that would be great.
Only problem remaining is that sometimes the keys get stuck on touch input. At least on my Steam Deck on OpenSUSE.
Just noticed that it doesn’t work on KDE’s lock screen. Hopefully I can find a workaround for that as well.
Any ideas?
Was easier than I thought. Just select Maliit as a virtual keyboard and start Onboard manually. If you tap with your finger in a text field Maliit will come up. When you click in a text field Onboard will open. But Maliit also works on the lock screen.
Is this exclusive to KDE? Can I use it in gnome?
Should work in Gnome, but I have no idea how that would clash with Gnomes own OSK and how to set it up to be always on top and stuff.
Let us know if you figure this out.
