from tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social to linux@lemmy.ml on 26 Oct 10:40
https://lemmy.kde.social/post/2214690
Hello! My girlfriend bought a new pc, an HP pavilion x360 with the touchscreen, and asked me to install her kubuntu as in her previous non-tablet pc, and so I did. It works very well, except for the fact that I tried really hard without success to setup a virtual keyboard. fcitx5 was already installed, but I couldn’t find a way to use it as virtual keyboard, and apparently it does not bundle a UI. i then installed maliit (the one that I use on my EndeavourOS 2in1 laptop flawlessly) but it seems to have a strange bug where it only works once, then after you close it it will never pop up again. I tried the workaround suggested here but it works once every 4 tries and the keyboard pops up but is unable to write anything.
Has anyone achieved to install a virtual keyboard on Kubuntu 24.04? I’d rather not switch to X11 because except for the keyboard, the touch support is way better under wayland
thanks in advance to anyone!
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The keyboard situation on Wayland and especially KDE is abysmal. Through a workaround I managed to get Onboard working. But it often crashes for me when using it with touch.
The keyboard from Steam actually works best for me. But I don’t know how to pull it up without a gamepad. I’ve got a post showing how to get it working outside of the Steam Deck. swg-empire.de/post/853437
All in all I actually think that Gnome is better suited for touch devices. But I just don’t like how it works overall. But maybe your girlfriend likes it.
Afaik, Maalit is bundled with Plasma Wayland already. It’s there in Virtual Keyboards for me on Nobara, though I don’t have a touch device available to test it right now.
That might be a problem with Kubuntu. It’s been a while since I tested Kubuntu, but the last time I tried it a few years ago, it was a trainwreck.