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

Jakob Schöttl jschoett at gmail.com
Fri Jan 1 03:36:58 UTC 2016


On 31.12.2015 15:25, Bogdan Sinitsyn wrote:
> On Thursday, December 31, 2015 3:09:29 PM MSK Jakob Schöttl wrote:
>> 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.
No, at least florence and onboard are not (xprop | grep DOCK).

What is this property and how can I set it?


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