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is a virtual keyboard that enables users to type without a hardware keyboard

An on-screen keyboard is a virtual keyboard that is used to create keyboard input without the use of a hardware input device.

Ubuntu comes with an on-screen keyboard called Onboard.

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On-screen keyboard popping up whenever I touch screen

I'm in 17.10. Whenever I touch the screen, whether to change windows/apps, scroll within a browser, or press a button, the stupid little keyboard pops up in the bottom left corner. I have never left Screen Keyboard enabled in Universal Access, but…
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sddm blocks screen with on-screen keyboard in Ubuntu 20.04

I have recently installed KDE 5 (kde-plasma-desktop) on Ubuntu 20.04, and as part of the installation, it asked me to switch the login screen manager to sddm. When sddm starts (either on boot, or after logging out) it blocks the screen with a large…
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How to disable the on screen keyboard in 17.10

Everytime I touch the screen, even in a non text entry area, this keyboard pops out. How can I disable it? It is very jarring
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On-screen keyboard in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?

Under Microsoft Windows 8, our Sony VAIO Tap 20 (a touch-screen desktop computer) automatically displays an on-screen keyboard if one touches a text field on-screen or there is otherwise no keyboard available (for example, the included bluetooth…
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How to get the onscreen keybord appear on login

I am using Lubuntu 13.10 and I have missing keys on my keyboard. I am using a friend keyboard currently and I want to know how to get the onscreen keyboard to appear on the login screen so I can use my laptop anywhere.
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Ubuntu Touch: no onscreen keyboard in Firefox?

How can I open an on-screen keyboard in Firefox on Ubuntu Touch (bq M10, OTA10.1)? I've tried in both tablet and desktop mode, and no keyboard pops up. I tried some other things, such as dragging from the bottom, without any luck. Firefox, despite…
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Ubuntu 20.04, on-screen keyboard not showing when using touchscreen on LENOVO YOGA 500

Well, the title says it. I have a Lenovo yoga 500, recently updated to 20.04. When I was on 19.10, the keyboard used to show automatically when I touch a textbox. However, now it won't open, unless I do it manually via the Universal Access menu.…
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Typing guillemets (angle quotes, «») in Russian and English keyboards

I want to type guillemets (angle quotes, «») in Ubuntu when using Russian keyboard mapping English keyboard mapping Is it possible (preferably without typing numeric codes)? There is a discussion here, but it does not mention Linux.
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Ubuntu 18.04 no on-screen keyboard?

In 16.04 the Onboard on-screen keyboard was available by default, but it looks like it was dropped (because of Gnome integration problems?). Question 1: Can anyone confirm was onboard replaced by caribou? Having done a fresh install of 18.04,…
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screen keyboard not showing up in Firefox (ubuntu 18.04)

I have Ubuntu 18.04 on a Lenovo Yoga 520 laptop, which has both a keyboard and touchscreen. When working in touchscreen mode, the screen keyboard shows up in most programs, but not in Firefox, for instance when I want to type something in the…
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No on-screen-keyboard in Firefox

I have a touch computer. And when I activate the on-screen-keyboard it does not appear when I need to input something in Firefox. (Keyboard appears when touching search box in "ubuntu software", prompting for password or using terminal) Ubuntu…
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Ubuntu 18.10 - cannot disable on-screen keyboard on touch screen laptop

This keyboard is super broken and pushes/pulls my windows off the screen every time it appears, which is every time I'm in a text input box. There has to be a way to disable this system-breaking feature. Setting on-screen kbd to off in…
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cannot consistently bring up on-screen keyboard

I just got a Lenovo Yoga 720 that is now running Ubuntu 18.04. transitioning from windows to ubuntu was painless and pleasant. I got this laptop with intent to use it for a lot of drawing on the go, so it spends a lot of time in tablet mode using…
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Weird on screen keyboard appearing when pressing ctrl+alt+b

Whenever the focus is on a text edit element, the key combination ctrl+alt+b brings up a weird on screen keyboard: I wanted to remove this binding (or delete the program), but I can find neither! As you can see in the image, the OSK is not…
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How can I disable/enable the on-screen keyboard's auto-show behavior from a script?

I recently got a laptop with a touchscreen, and I'm running Ubuntu 19.10. The on-screen keyboard comes up when I focus a textbox with the touchscreen, and I usually don't want it to. However, this laptop (a Lenovo Yoga) can be folded back to turn…
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