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KDE devs have been quietly working on Plasma Keyboard, a new on-screen keyboard for desktop and mobile part of the “We Care About Your Input” KDE Goals initiative. Although not ready for texting yet, it has been making progress. Hopefully it'll be in a screen near you soon. Join the effort!
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-keyboard
"we care about your input" is 180 from gnome's "you're an idiot, and we know what's best for you". I think kde did this on purpose 😂. That's why I never use anything else.
This is a great initiative! I tried plasma on a tablet like device a while ago and the keyboard was one of the main issues holding it back.
@[email protected] @[email protected] hmm... how to resolve this error?
QT\_IM\_MODULES=qtvirutalkeyboard ./bin/plasma-keyboard
Failed to initialize input panel-shell integration, possibly because compositor does not support the layer-shell protocol
ASSERT failure in Q\_UNREACHABLE(): "Q\_UNREACHABLE was reached", file /home/pak0stpc/Projects/plasma-keyboard/src/main.cpp, line 292
Aborted (core dumped) QT\_IM\_MODULES=qtvirutalkeyboard ./bin/plasma-keyboard
I would like to give it a shot on my system
Will it work X? xd
Idk why all on screen keyboard come without tab key in plasma. I have a laptop while in a tablet mode I can't use terminal at all because there's no tab key.
As long as it has modifier and F keys, accepts mouse input and is manually toggleable I'm happy. Bonus points if I can configure it to show those and number keys per default.
Edit: issue made and fixed https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-keyboard/-/issues/12
Looks like I need kde-gitlab account fpr making issues.
I couldn't compile it,
cmake ..
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 15.1.1
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 15.1.1
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:8 (find_package):
By not providing "FindECM.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "ECM", but
CMake did not find one.
Could not find a package configuration file provided by "ECM" (requested
version 6.0.0) with any of the following names:
ECMConfig.cmake
ecm-config.cmake
Add the installation prefix of "ECM" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "ECM_DIR"
to a directory containing one of the above files. If "ECM" provides a
separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
In the future, you can generally solve these sorts of build errors by just installing the development package for whatever library is missing. On Debian-based systems, that would be something along the lines of sudo apt install libecm<tab><tab> see what appears, choose one which looks reasonable with -dev suffix
Thank you.
In this case installing ecm-tools (I use arch) didn't fix it. That was the first thing I tried before making an issue.
It needed extra packages for cmake (refer to the issue for details)
@[email protected] @[email protected]
thanks!
I wouldnt mind funding a great onscreen-keyboard, especially with special keys that make it actually usable (alt, ctrl, shift etc.).
The Gnome OSK is actually so terrible.
But it works.
Wanted to install OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE as desktop on my Steam Deck without getting a keyboard. Had to use the Gnome Live image because it's the only one with a working keyboard.
The Gnome ~~OSK~~ is actually so terrible.
There I fixed it. /s
It's just a Plasma skin for Qt Virtual Keyboard. Not that this is bad but KDE developers are co-maintainers of Maliit and ended up contributing very little.
This will be great for Steam Deck.
The deck already has a rather good keyboard experience, not sure what this changes
This will be great for Steam Deck.
Won't help Steam Deck if Valve ends up stripping out this keyboard the same way they disabled Maliit.
tbf the steam keyboard is great, and is really well suited to the steam deck's touchpads
Does it work in the desktop mode?
It does but not automatic. You have to press STEAM-X all the time. It's really not a smooth experience at all.
Huh? The default desktop shortcut for it is just X.
Huh? The default desktop shortcut for it is just X.
X alone doesn't work in many text boxes of desktop apps.
You just press the X button to bring it up. It's independent of text boxes. Works every time for me.
Works every time for me.
Then you use different applications than I. For me X alone only works sometimes. It's not like I made the shortcut up. It's literally what Valve is documenting:
Do you start some desktop apps through Steam? Then they would get different input mapping.
You can change the key mapping for desktop mode in Steam desktop in the settings. Maybe something's changed for you.
The Steam+* glyphs are always available when Steam is running. Mainly so that you can use them in games.
@[email protected] @[email protected]
can you rebuild swype, the only phone keyboard that ever worked worth a damn?
can you rebuild swype
It's a skin for Qt Virtual Keyboard.
This reply was swiped on Futo keyboard.
Source-available, in MY floss operating system?
It's less likely than you think!
@[email protected] @[email protected] That's great! Thank you, KDE team! I need this on my laptop that can transform into a tablet and back in runtime.