[plasmashell] [Bug 466948] A way to show the virtual keyboard without using a touch device

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466948

Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|[Request] virtual keyboard  |A way to show the virtual
                   |on regular laptop           |keyboard without using a
                   |                            |touch device
            Version|unspecified                 |5.27.2
            Product|kde                         |plasmashell
                 CC|                            |aleixpol at kde.org,
                   |                            |nate at kde.org
   Target Milestone|---                         |1.0
             Status|REPORTED                    |CONFIRMED
           Assignee|unassigned-bugs at kde.org     |plasma-bugs at kde.org
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
          Component|general                     |Input Method

--- Comment #1 from Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> ---
Yeah, right now when KWin receives the signal to show the virtual keyboard, it
ignores it if the input event associated with it wasn't a touch event. This is
done to prevent the virtual keyboard from appearing constantly in response to
automatic or manually-driven focus events when using a keyboard or pointing
device, which would drive people crazy. But, it also prevents the virtual
keyboard from being openable manually, as a deliberate user action.

We'll probably need a new way to communicate to KWin that we want to force it
to show anyway with no event filtering, and then a "Show/hide virtual keyboard"
button can use that.

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