Public bug reported: Since GNOME 3.35 packages made their way into the focal repositories, the on-screen keyboard no longer opens when touching on input fields or swiping upwards from the bottom edge of the screen. It does not matter if the Wayland or Xorg session is being used. To use the on-screen keyboard, the user has to enable the on-screen keyboard in GNOME's accessibility settings first. Unfortunately this setting causes other issues, since the on-screen keyboard then also opens when the user selects input fields while using a keyboard and a mouse. Everytime the user decides to switch input devices, the accessibility setting has to be toggled. This was not necessary in previous GNOME releases (3.34 and earlier) and shouldn't be necessary.
Even though the issue seems to be known already upstream (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/2378), it still harms the touchscreen experience of Ubuntu 20.04 quite significantly. I am affected with three quite different devices, so this bug does not seem to be specific to a single hardware configuration. HP ENVY x360 15-cp0 Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Tablet ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.1-5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-24.28-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Apr 21 09:05:18 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.1-3ubuntu3 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874017 Title: On-screen keyboard (OSK) no longer opens with touchscreens (Wayland + Xorg GNOME session) unless enabled in accessibility settings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1874017/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
