https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430850
Bug ID: 430850
Summary: KWin - Add a way to force disable virtual keyboard
Product: kwin
Version: 5.20.4
Platform: Gentoo Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: virtual-keyboard
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
You can't force disable the virtual keyboard in KDE Plasma. This is troublesome
if your PC only has a bluetooth keyboard connected.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
If you have e.g. an HTPC with only a bluetooth keyboard connected, and this
keyboard has power management enabled (so it disconnects after e.g. 10 minutes
of inactivity), you will not be able to avoid getting a message saying
"On-screen virtual keyboard enabled" when the power to the keyboard turns off.
And when you activate the keyboard again you'll get the message "On-screen
virtual keyboard disabled". This is not ideal, especially since there's no way
of disabling this behaviour.
OBSERVED RESULT
Everytime the bluetooth keyboard turns off or on, you'll get a message saying
so, often during watching a movie.
EXPECTED RESULT
You can't always deduce out from hw configuration if it makes sense to have a
on screen keyboard appear or not, so we really should have a way to force
disable it to ever appear.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma:
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.77
Qt Version: 5.15.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This was tested in a Wayland environment.
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