QtVirtualKeyboard on Plasma Wayland

[Aleix Pol]

To be honest, I'm not sure we'll be able to add many features without
adding them upstream, that's a good thing in that we'll get to create
a good product together with Qt, but we'll also need to coordinate.
That said, there does indeed seem to be good traction in QtVK so
before we need to add new features we can also try playing with the
ones they have, like handwriting (!).

Aleix

On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM Devin <espidev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Aleix,
>
> I think this is a very good idea! It could also help isolate any issues that are specific to the keyboard and not to KWin. Maliit has been pretty slow moving so it can also be worth trying out some new ideas here (ex. swipe to type).
>
> Thanks,
> Devin
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> From: Plasma-devel <plasma-devel-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2024 8:52:59 PM
> To: plasma-devel at kde.org <plasma-devel at kde.org>; Devin <devin at kde.org>; Aditya Mehra <Adix.Me at gmail.com>
> Subject: QtVirtualKeyboard on Plasma Wayland
>
> Hi,
> In recent years, we've relied heavily on Maliit as our primary virtual
> keyboard. However, I thought it would be beneficial to develop an
> alternative using QtVirtualKeyboard.
>
> https://invent.kde.org/apol/qvk
>
> Consider this a PoC, I think it can be useful to make sure we're
> compatible with a number of different keyboards. It's also a good way
> to explore such an important but ignored part of our UX. :)
>
> If you find it useful, tell me either here or in the repo's issues and
> we'll see what needs to be done to make it properly useful for
> everyone.
>
> Cheers!
> Aleix