As requested from the kde input matrix room, this is a thread to capture ideas proposed for input accessibility options.
So in the matrix weve been talking about various things, mostly physical keyboard emulation
Until a full size osk is available on wayland, nothing really matters. Everything else is convenience but not an absolute necessity. The reason for this is physical keyboards require precise movements with force applied, which is far too difficult to expect someone with cerebral palsy to perform.
A full size physical keyboard emulator is required because linux administration is a bit more involved than text input. Features like an arrow cluster and function keys and modifiers make operating a linux terminal far easier. The current solution is to use gnome with gjs-osk. Nothing else comes close on wayland.
The proposed workaround for kde mobile’s terminal was to use the menu bar, but this requires too many precise movements to be useful.
Other niceties include flypie, which supports tap gestures to perform actions like opening a file manager. The suggested replacement is kando, with manual configuration
Swipe to open (like in the assisted touch menu in ios) would be useful
The proposal for the original topic of this thread was to expand edge screen gesture controls. These must all be single tap and not multi touch gestures, nor should they require precise inputs.
Examples would be swipe from bottom of screen to center to open osk, top to center to full screen or unfullscreen an application, left to center to close an application.