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I'm obliged to use the onscreen keyboard (i.e Onboard). I decided to update my PCs to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

However, I'm facing problems with the on-screen keyboard with all of them

  • It's impossible to use the on-screen keyboard to log in - it appears on the login screen but it doesn't work
  • Once I'm logged in, the keyboard does not stay floating at the bottom of the screen, but becomes stuck and pushes all my screen content up and my desktop becomes unusable.

I downloaded the keyboard that was available in 16.04. I also tried a fresh install on one of the machines. But the same issues persist.

I've tried:

work PC:

  • intel i5
  • 16g ram
  • nvidia 1050

wife's PC

  • intel i3
  • 8g ram
  • nvidia gtx

If anybody has any idea how to get the keyboard to float over the content instead of getting fixed I would be very thankful.

Zanna
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bob
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onboard works for me in 20.04 LTS, at least when logged in. I have version 1.4.1-2ubuntu7, reported by

apt-cache policy onboard

You can modify the settings of onboard to make it float (instead of having it locked at the bottom of the screen) as shown in the following screenshot,

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You have probably another language (than in the screenshot), but I think you can identify the options

  • Click on the '123' button
  • Click of the 'tools' button
  • Select 'Window'
  • Uncheck 'Dock to the screen edge'
sudodus
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