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im using kde and maliit honestly sucks. i tried phosh but thats seems like gnome but worse. id want a desktop de not mobile

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was really hoping for a better onscreen keyboard solution for Linux. Turns out it’s awful for both Plasma and Gnome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

gjs-osk gnome extension is extremely good but i hate gnome

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The osk fails to pop up when using apps like Cider. Probably something to do with electron.

For both gnome and plasma.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

u can have a icon in the panel to invoke it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Does not help with full screen kiosk apps. Its broken. Plain and simple.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

gjs-osk has a swipe up from the bottom gesture

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes it does. And my touch monitor has protruded bezel at the bottom. It’s nearly impossible to initiate. Can that gesture be changed? That’s about where I left off on my last attempt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

i dont think so. why not try xorg and onboard if its just a kiosk

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Squeekboard was developed for Phosh, so it was developed with mobile gnome in mind. So I would think it would work pretty well on Gnome.

I don't think Maliit is that bad, but then again, I just need a basic keyboard when on a touch screen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

wait until u need function keys

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure. But even Android or Windows' onscreen keyboard does not do those properly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

really? i had no problems using functions keys on android with unexpected keyboard

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't have function keys in the default Android keyboard. So you likely installed an app that has those as an extra feature. Itø's not common on onscreen keyboards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think we are misunderstanding eachother. I'm talking about the default keyboards on a platform and you are talking about installing other ones with advanced functionality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

ok. u dont need functions keys on android whereas u do on linux

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are some older DE-agnostic virtual keyboards (svkbd, xvkbd, matchbox), but they may not work in Wayland, if that's what you're using.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

ya. i need wayland. i tried x11 and it was terrible for touch

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are a number of GNOME extensions to make it behave almost exactly like KDE if that's what you're after

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

like what? i had problems tapping on app icon menus. i had to spam the button which made opening tray apps annoying as its a menu on tap. i also couldnt find a window buttons in panel extension

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Off-topic: SQUEEKboard?!?? I need an excuse to use this 🙀

(Lil bit of backstory: I squeek sometimes. It's a mouse thing 🐭 ^.^ )

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

people r downvoting u but i think this is cute. squeek away!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thankies :3 It's definitely cute ;P

I mostly subscribe to less fun-hating sorts of places so I didn't think anything of cuting a lil tiny bit 🤷 I guess we've gotta all be sooooper cereal around here or people get upset for reasons 😅 🥣 I'll just assume it's because all of those people are techbros who've been bitten by mice and can't even bring themselves to talk about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

im a little so i understand. i mostly type in baby talk so im a little scared to on lemmy but no 1 cares on mastodon