https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371810
Bug ID: 371810
Summary: Qt Virtual Keyboard should be smart about where it
opens
Product: kwin
Version: 5.8.2
Platform: openSUSE RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: wayland-generic
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: fl...@mailoo.org
Target Milestone: ---
Qt Virtual Keyboard is not sizable (or at least, discovery for it to be resized
can be improved, because I failed to find it) and defaults to be placed at the
bottom of the screen (and cover half of it).
This leads to difficult situations where the keyboard is hiding what is being
typed, but also crucial output after typing.
An example: a default openSUSE session (oS defaults to the "classical" menu
plasmoid instead of Kickoff), with Qt Virtual Keyboard activated. When clicking
on the K launcher, the focus is automatically given to the search field. The
consequence of this is that the virtual keyboard appears on the screen hiding
most of the menu. The result is that the user can't see what is being typed and
the search results.
I did not test further, but I expect this kind of experience to be common with
the virtual keyboard activated.
A possible (?) solution would be to make the keyboard aware of where the focus
is, so that e.g. it appears on the top when the focus is at the bottom of
screen and vice-versa. Also, for this to work, the keyboard should not cover
more than 50% of the screen.
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