https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361429
Bug ID: 361429
Summary: Plasma 5 not usable on tablets: no virtual keyboard
option to log in or unlock screen locker
Product: kde
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: grave
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org
Reporter: why...@nurfuerspam.de
As far as I can tell, there is no virtual keyboard implemented for SDDM, which
is the recommended display manager of Plasma 5. Same for the plasma 5 screen
locker. This makes the entire plasma 5 completely unusable for anyone who wants
to do serious business on a tablet. After a lot of googling, I haven't found
any signs that this is being worked on.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install any KDE/plasma 5 distribution on a tablet.
2. Boot and wait until display manager shows.
3. It is impossible to log in, since no virtual keyboard is implemented to put
in login credentials.
Actual Results:
No virtual (onscreen) keyboard shows up for the SDDM greeter by default, nor is
this functionality installable later via systemsettings or other means. Same
for the screen locker, which has currently no option to install a virtual
(onscreen) keyboard.
Expected Results:
The SDDM greeter should either have the default functionality to invoke an
onscreen keyboard, or it should be possible to install or enable such
functionality. Same for the screen locker. The screen locker looks identical to
the SDDM greeter, but under the hood there are likely different
mechanisms/components creating the same optical results. (I know that in KDE4
these were implemented by KDM/LightDM and kscreenlocker.)
In KDE4, it took me quite a bit of hacking to get this implemented by fiddling
around with the KDM scripts to invoke kvkbd, and with the kscreenlocker to
invoke "onboard" (slightly more convenient to use than kvkbd).
Many distros will soon end support for KDE4 (i.e. Kubuntu), so if I want to
keep operating my device safely and patched, I will have to migrate to plasma
5. The latter does currently not work with my device, so I would have to switch
to something like Unity, but I would prefer to stay on KDE.
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