[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1791551] Re: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X
I cannot confirm this on my machine. I do not know if what I see it intended behavior, but what I see is still not what either the Gnome 2.28 release notes or the Ubuntu help say should happen. When I enable the OSK in universal access, the OSK opens way too often but not always when it should. This is same in X or Wayland: - Opens when typing on keyboard into Activities or Applications search box. (I don't know if this is good behavior for universal access, but it is not good behavior for general touch use: When I type on the keyboard I don't need an OSK. ) - Opens when I touch into Activities or Applications search box. (OK) - Opens when I start a gnome-term even before I touch it or type into it. But it does not open when I switch focus and touch into an already-open gnome-term. (Not OK) - Does not open with Firefox or Chrome. (May be technically unavoidable, but then requires a way to open the OSK on demand) - In Wayland, swiping up of from the bottom of the screen opens OSK. This does not work in X and I don't see another way) Turning OSK off in Universal access, the behavior becomes better for general touch use as the OSK does not uselessly appear when typing, only when touching - at least in those cases when it does. Otherwise the behavior is unchanged compared to being on in Universal Access. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791551 Title: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The new OSK does not auto-activate reliably by selecting any text widget as the Gnome 3.28 release notes claim: "The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..." -- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/ This does not work with text widgets of alien toolkits (Chrome, Firefox, Qt, ...). Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also referenced as evidence further down). Does this need a separate bug report? Is it a bug in Gnome libraries, Gtk libraries, or in each individual application where it does not work who is using these libraries? Hence it is necessary to have a way for manual activation. This is possible in Wayland by swiping up from bottom of screen on a touch screen, but there is no UI hint for this and I banged my head bloody until I stumbled on the solution. In the default X session the swipe does not work and hence it cannot be manually activated at all. The Ubuntu help for 18.04.1 describes it incorrectly/incompletely and contributes to the confusion. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1791548 I refer you to user confusion on the following links, note that the previously available answers on Askubuntu all provide incorrect or incomplete solutions: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1760399 (I added a description in comment #10 earlier today) Askubuntu (I added new answers earlier today): https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057485/ubuntu-18-04-no-on-screen-keyboard/1073461#1073461 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035622/screen-keyboard-not-showing-up-in-firefox-ubuntu-18-04/1073756#1073756 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036983/cannot-consistently-bring-up-on-screen-keyboard/1073754#1073754 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058176/how-to-make-ubuntu-18-04-on-screen-keyboard-work-with-google-chrome/1073743#1073743 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Sep 9 23:04:26 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1791551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1791551] Re: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X
Yes, it auto opens for the apps I mentioned it works. I think I'm using Wayland. Yes, I enabled the OSK in universal access. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791551 Title: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The new OSK does not auto-activate reliably by selecting any text widget as the Gnome 3.28 release notes claim: "The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..." -- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/ This does not work with text widgets of alien toolkits (Chrome, Firefox, Qt, ...). Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also referenced as evidence further down). Does this need a separate bug report? Is it a bug in Gnome libraries, Gtk libraries, or in each individual application where it does not work who is using these libraries? Hence it is necessary to have a way for manual activation. This is possible in Wayland by swiping up from bottom of screen on a touch screen, but there is no UI hint for this and I banged my head bloody until I stumbled on the solution. In the default X session the swipe does not work and hence it cannot be manually activated at all. The Ubuntu help for 18.04.1 describes it incorrectly/incompletely and contributes to the confusion. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1791548 I refer you to user confusion on the following links, note that the previously available answers on Askubuntu all provide incorrect or incomplete solutions: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1760399 (I added a description in comment #10 earlier today) Askubuntu (I added new answers earlier today): https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057485/ubuntu-18-04-no-on-screen-keyboard/1073461#1073461 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035622/screen-keyboard-not-showing-up-in-firefox-ubuntu-18-04/1073756#1073756 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036983/cannot-consistently-bring-up-on-screen-keyboard/1073754#1073754 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058176/how-to-make-ubuntu-18-04-on-screen-keyboard-work-with-google-chrome/1073743#1073743 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Sep 9 23:04:26 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1791551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1791551] Re: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X
Thanks Efthimios. I am still a little unclear about what the intended behavior is. Should it auto open when touching a text field e.g. in Chrome? And are you using X or Wayland and it you enable the OSK in Universal Access? Thanks. FWIW, for me on Cosmic it is still as described in the description at least on Wayland, I did not try X recently -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791551 Title: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The new OSK does not auto-activate reliably by selecting any text widget as the Gnome 3.28 release notes claim: "The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..." -- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/ This does not work with text widgets of alien toolkits (Chrome, Firefox, Qt, ...). Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also referenced as evidence further down). Does this need a separate bug report? Is it a bug in Gnome libraries, Gtk libraries, or in each individual application where it does not work who is using these libraries? Hence it is necessary to have a way for manual activation. This is possible in Wayland by swiping up from bottom of screen on a touch screen, but there is no UI hint for this and I banged my head bloody until I stumbled on the solution. In the default X session the swipe does not work and hence it cannot be manually activated at all. The Ubuntu help for 18.04.1 describes it incorrectly/incompletely and contributes to the confusion. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1791548 I refer you to user confusion on the following links, note that the previously available answers on Askubuntu all provide incorrect or incomplete solutions: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1760399 (I added a description in comment #10 earlier today) Askubuntu (I added new answers earlier today): https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057485/ubuntu-18-04-no-on-screen-keyboard/1073461#1073461 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035622/screen-keyboard-not-showing-up-in-firefox-ubuntu-18-04/1073756#1073756 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036983/cannot-consistently-bring-up-on-screen-keyboard/1073754#1073754 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058176/how-to-make-ubuntu-18-04-on-screen-keyboard-work-with-google-chrome/1073743#1073743 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Sep 9 23:04:26 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1791551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1791551] Re: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X
After updating to 18.10, it seems the OSK works as intended in several apps like Chrome, Chromium, the cmd and gedit. Strangely, it doesn't automatically appear in the search box of file explorer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791551 Title: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The new OSK does not auto-activate reliably by selecting any text widget as the Gnome 3.28 release notes claim: "The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..." -- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/ This does not work with text widgets of alien toolkits (Chrome, Firefox, Qt, ...). Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also referenced as evidence further down). Does this need a separate bug report? Is it a bug in Gnome libraries, Gtk libraries, or in each individual application where it does not work who is using these libraries? Hence it is necessary to have a way for manual activation. This is possible in Wayland by swiping up from bottom of screen on a touch screen, but there is no UI hint for this and I banged my head bloody until I stumbled on the solution. In the default X session the swipe does not work and hence it cannot be manually activated at all. The Ubuntu help for 18.04.1 describes it incorrectly/incompletely and contributes to the confusion. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1791548 I refer you to user confusion on the following links, note that the previously available answers on Askubuntu all provide incorrect or incomplete solutions: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1760399 (I added a description in comment #10 earlier today) Askubuntu (I added new answers earlier today): https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057485/ubuntu-18-04-no-on-screen-keyboard/1073461#1073461 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035622/screen-keyboard-not-showing-up-in-firefox-ubuntu-18-04/1073756#1073756 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036983/cannot-consistently-bring-up-on-screen-keyboard/1073754#1073754 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058176/how-to-make-ubuntu-18-04-on-screen-keyboard-work-with-google-chrome/1073743#1073743 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Sep 9 23:04:26 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1791551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1791551] Re: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X
This bug could be a duplicate of bug #1760399. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791551 Title: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The new OSK does not auto-activate reliably by selecting any text widget as the Gnome 3.28 release notes claim: "The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..." -- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/ This does not work with text widgets of alien toolkits (Chrome, Firefox, Qt, ...). Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also referenced as evidence further down). Does this need a separate bug report? Is it a bug in Gnome libraries, Gtk libraries, or in each individual application where it does not work who is using these libraries? Hence it is necessary to have a way for manual activation. This is possible in Wayland by swiping up from bottom of screen on a touch screen, but there is no UI hint for this and I banged my head bloody until I stumbled on the solution. In the default X session the swipe does not work and hence it cannot be manually activated at all. The Ubuntu help for 18.04.1 describes it incorrectly/incompletely and contributes to the confusion. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1791548 I refer you to user confusion on the following links, note that the previously available answers on Askubuntu all provide incorrect or incomplete solutions: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1760399 (I added a description in comment #10 earlier today) Askubuntu (I added new answers earlier today): https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057485/ubuntu-18-04-no-on-screen-keyboard/1073461#1073461 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035622/screen-keyboard-not-showing-up-in-firefox-ubuntu-18-04/1073756#1073756 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036983/cannot-consistently-bring-up-on-screen-keyboard/1073754#1073754 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058176/how-to-make-ubuntu-18-04-on-screen-keyboard-work-with-google-chrome/1073743#1073743 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Sep 9 23:04:26 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1791551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1791551] Re: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791551 Title: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The new OSK does not auto-activate reliably by selecting any text widget as the Gnome 3.28 release notes claim: "The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..." -- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/ This does not work with text widgets of alien toolkits (Chrome, Firefox, Qt, ...). Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also referenced as evidence further down). Does this need a separate bug report? Is it a bug in Gnome libraries, Gtk libraries, or in each individual application where it does not work who is using these libraries? Hence it is necessary to have a way for manual activation. This is possible in Wayland by swiping up from bottom of screen on a touch screen, but there is no UI hint for this and I banged my head bloody until I stumbled on the solution. In the default X session the swipe does not work and hence it cannot be manually activated at all. The Ubuntu help for 18.04.1 describes it incorrectly/incompletely and contributes to the confusion. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1791548 I refer you to user confusion on the following links, note that the previously available answers on Askubuntu all provide incorrect or incomplete solutions: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1760399 (I added a description in comment #10 earlier today) Askubuntu (I added new answers earlier today): https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057485/ubuntu-18-04-no-on-screen-keyboard/1073461#1073461 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035622/screen-keyboard-not-showing-up-in-firefox-ubuntu-18-04/1073756#1073756 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036983/cannot-consistently-bring-up-on-screen-keyboard/1073754#1073754 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058176/how-to-make-ubuntu-18-04-on-screen-keyboard-work-with-google-chrome/1073743#1073743 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Sep 9 23:04:26 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1791551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1791551] Re: Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to discover in Wayland and not possible in X
** Description changed: The new OSK does not auto-activate reliably by selecting any text widget as the Gnome 3.28 release notes claim: "The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..." -- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/ This does not work with text widgets of alien toolkits (Chrome, Firefox, Qt, ...). - Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this reprot is also reference as evidence further down). + Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also reference as evidence further down). Does this need a separate bug report? Is it a bug in Gnome libraries, Gtk libraries, or in each individual application where it does not work who is using these libraries? Hence it is necessary to have a way for manual activation. This is possible in Wayland by swiping up on a touch screen, but there is no UI hint for this and I banged my head bloody until I stumbled on the solution. In the default X session the swipe does not work and hence it cannot be manually activated at all. The Ubuntu documentation for 18.04.1 describes it incorrectly and contributes to the confusion. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1791548 I refer you to user confusion on the following links, note that the previously available answers on Askubuntu all provide incorrect or incomplete solutions: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1760399 (I added a description in comment #10 earlier today) Askubuntu (I added new answers earlier today): https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057485/ubuntu-18-04-no-on-screen-keyboard/1073461#1073461 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035622/screen-keyboard-not-showing-up-in-firefox-ubuntu-18-04/1073756#1073756 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036983/cannot-consistently-bring-up-on-screen-keyboard/1073754#1073754 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058176/how-to-make-ubuntu-18-04-on-screen-keyboard-work-with-google-chrome/1073743#1073743 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Sep 9 23:04:26 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago) ** Description changed: The new OSK does not auto-activate reliably by selecting any text widget as the Gnome 3.28 release notes claim: "The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..." -- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/ This does not work with text widgets of alien toolkits (Chrome, Firefox, Qt, ...). - Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also reference as evidence further down). + Even in Gnome this does not work everywhere, for me (Cosmic, 3.30) it does only for the search boxes of Activity and Application menus, not anywhere else that I can find. Not even epiphany, gedit, or other first-class Gnome applications. It is the same in Ubuntu 18.04 according to Bug #1760399 (this report is also referenced as evidence further down). Does this need a separate bug report? Is it a bug in Gnome libraries, Gtk libraries, or in each individual application where it does not work who is using these libraries? Hence it is necessary to have a way for manual activation. This is possible in Wayland by swiping up on a touch screen, but there is no UI hint for this and I banged my head bloody until I stumbled on the solution. In the default X session the swipe does not work and hence it cannot be manually activated at all. The Ubuntu documentation for 18.04.1 describes it incorrectly and contributes to the confusion. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1791548 I refer you
