[xmonad] How to use virtual/on-screen keyboard in Xmonad

Bogdan Sinitsyn bogdan.sinitsyn at gmail.com
Thu Dec 31 23:25:28 UTC 2015


On Thursday, December 31, 2015 3:09:29 PM MSK Jakob Schöttl wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to use Xmonad to set up a custom, very restricted desktop
> environment on a Raspberry Pi with a touch screen.
> 
> Because there is no hardware keyboard I need a virtual keyboard. I tried
> these programs: xvkbd, matchbox-keyboard, onboard, florence
> 
> Some of them work with some other programs. But when it works, it's
> still buggy:
> 
> - after typing I have to click two times to a new input field to set focus
> - virtual keyboard steals focus
> - other windows get invisible and only come back when they get focus
> (super+j)
> - doesn't work at all with some programs
> 
> Is there a way to get virtual keyboards work with Xmonad, reliably and
> for all programs?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Jakob
> 
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It this virtual keyboard _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK or smth like this? If not, 
it may be useful to make it be of this type.

-- 
Bogdan Sinitsyn


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