Feature Request: Virtual Keyboard

Brainstorm
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Hi,

I would like to request a working, reliable, virtual keyboard as part of plasma.

I have a 2 in 1 laptop and a virtual keyboard, on wayland, is by a long way the biggest feature I am missing. For my use case the lack of a virtual keyboard makes the tablet function kind of useless. I just upgraded to kde 6 and cannot get maliit to work (yet :crossed_fingers:). It appears to be installed but does not come up when a text input area is tapped. It worked on kde 5, but even then it only 2/3-worked (literally, the keyboard would not resize in portrait orientation, so only 2/3 of the keyboard was visible and usable).

So, I would like to request the integration of a virtual keyboard that works on wayland by default, ideally with modifier keys, not just letters and numbers (being able to trigger shortcuts would be huge!).

I hope developers and people who decide what features get worked on will see this; please consider making this a priority. :pray:

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For real.

Its frustrating seeing all sorts of features being greenlit when the barebones accessibility stuff is being left in the dust.

There’s maliit but it only just barely functions and lacks the ability to do anything that requires a keyboard shortcut (say, ctrl+all, or ctrl + page up or down).

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Indeed, I saw this thread earlier Plasma 6 and Wayland no on-screen keyboard working For some people a virtual keyboard is an absolute necessity just to be able to use their device.