*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1760399 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760399
** Summary changed:
- Activation of new on-screen keyboard in Gnome 3.28/3.30 is difficult to
discover in Wayland and not possible in X
+ The OSK does not auto-activate reliably when selecting any text widget
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1760399
New On-screen keyboard does not appear automatically when selecting some
text fields
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Title:
The OSK does not auto-activate reliably when selecting any text widget
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)
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