Questions tagged [onscreen-keyboard]

is a virtual keyboard that enables users to type without a hardware keyboard

An on-screen keyboard is a virtual keyboard that is used to create keyboard input without the use of a hardware input device.

Ubuntu comes with an on-screen keyboard called Onboard.

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On-screen keyboard popping up whenever I touch screen

I'm in 17.10. Whenever I touch the screen, whether to change windows/apps, scroll within a browser, or press a button, the stupid little keyboard pops up in the bottom left corner. I have never left Screen Keyboard enabled in Universal Access, but…
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sddm blocks screen with on-screen keyboard in Ubuntu 20.04

I have recently installed KDE 5 ( kde-plasma-desktop ) on Ubuntu 20.04, and as part of the installation, it asked me to switch the login screen manager to sddm . When sddm starts (either on boot, or after logging out) it blocks the screen with a…
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How to disable the on screen keyboard in 17.10

Everytime I touch the screen, even in a non text entry area, this keyboard pops out. How can I disable it? It is very jarring
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On-screen keyboard in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?

Under Microsoft Windows 8, our Sony VAIO Tap 20 (a touch-screen desktop computer) automatically displays an on-screen keyboard if one touches a text field on-screen or there is otherwise no keyboard available (for example, the included bluetooth…
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How to get the onscreen keybord appear on login

I am using Lubuntu 13.10 and I have missing keys on my keyboard. I am using a friend keyboard currently and I want to know how to get the onscreen keyboard to appear on the login screen so I can use my laptop anywhere.
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Ubuntu Touch: no onscreen keyboard in Firefox?

How can I open an on-screen keyboard in Firefox on Ubuntu Touch (bq M10, OTA10.1)? I've tried in both tablet and desktop mode, and no keyboard pops up. I tried some other things, such as dragging from the bottom, without any luck. Firefox, despite…
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Ubuntu 20.04, on-screen keyboard not showing when using touchscreen on LENOVO YOGA 500

Well, the title says it. I have a Lenovo yoga 500, recently updated to 20.04. When I was on 19.10, the keyboard used to show automatically when I touch a textbox. However, now it won't open, unless I do it manually via the Universal Access menu.…
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Typing guillemets (angle quotes, «») in Russian and English keyboards

I want to type guillemets (angle quotes, «») in Ubuntu when using Russian keyboard mapping English keyboard mapping Is it possible (preferably without typing numeric codes)? There is a discussion here , but it does not mention Linux.
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Ubuntu 18.04 no on-screen keyboard?

In 16.04 the Onboard on-screen keyboard was available by default, but it looks like it was dropped (because of Gnome integration problems?). Question 1: Can anyone confirm was onboard replaced by caribou ? Having done a fresh install of 18.04,…
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screen keyboard not showing up in Firefox (ubuntu 18.04)

I have Ubuntu 18.04 on a Lenovo Yoga 520 laptop, which has both a keyboard and touchscreen. When working in touchscreen mode, the screen keyboard shows up in most programs, but not in Firefox, for instance when I want to type something in the…
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No on-screen-keyboard in Firefox

I have a touch computer. And when I activate the on-screen-keyboard it does not appear when I need to input something in Firefox. (Keyboard appears when touching search box in "ubuntu software", prompting for password or using terminal) Ubuntu 22.04…
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Ubuntu 18.10 - cannot disable on-screen keyboard on touch screen laptop

This keyboard is super broken and pushes/pulls my windows off the screen every time it appears, which is every time I'm in a text input box. There has to be a way to disable this system-breaking feature. Setting on-screen kbd to off in Accessibility…
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cannot consistently bring up on-screen keyboard

I just got a Lenovo Yoga 720 that is now running Ubuntu 18.04. transitioning from windows to ubuntu was painless and pleasant. I got this laptop with intent to use it for a lot of drawing on the go, so it spends a lot of time in tablet mode using…
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Weird on screen keyboard appearing when pressing ctrl+alt+b

Whenever the focus is on a text edit element, the key combination ctrl+alt+b brings up a weird on screen keyboard: I wanted to remove this binding (or delete the program), but I can find neither! As you can see in the image, the OSK is not Florence…
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How can I disable/enable the on-screen keyboard's auto-show behavior from a script?

I recently got a laptop with a touchscreen, and I'm running Ubuntu 19.10. The on-screen keyboard comes up when I focus a textbox with the touchscreen, and I usually don't want it to. However, this laptop (a Lenovo Yoga) can be folded back to turn…
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