*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1807276 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807276
Apparently there is already an open upstream issue about this problem, which
appeared in GNOME 3.36: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/2378
It makes touchscreens with Ubuntu 20.04 very difficult to use.
I don't think this bug is a duplicate of #1807276, since the issue in
this bug (#1866556) report didn't occur in previous GNOME releases (3.34
or earlier) and first appeared with the update to GNOME 3.36. I ran the
focal daily builds since the release of 19.10 and this issue was not
present up to the point, where the GNOME 3.35.* packages appeared in the
repositories.
The other report seems to be about an issue that also appeared in Ubuntu 18.04
(GNOME 3.28), which is not the case for this particular report.
This bug is about the on-screen keyboard not appearing at all, unless you
enable it in the accessibility settings. But enabling it in the accessibility
settings causes other negative side effects, since the on-screen keyboard then
also appears when using a mouse and keyboard until you disable the
accessibility setting manually.
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues #2378
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/2378
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Title:
On-screen keyboard (OSK) on touch screen does not seem to work at all
under Xorg in Focal
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
After upgrading to Focal, the OSK never appears for me under Xorg
- Does not appear automatically when selecting text fields
- Cannot be summoned on-demand by swiping up from bottom screen border (which
worked on Eoan also under Xorg)
Under Wayland, both these things continued to work after the Focal
upgrade if the laptop is in tablet mode (but not if it is in regular
laptop mode - not sure if this changed on upgrade).
I could repro this on two "2-in-1" fold-able laptops:
Dell XPS 9575 2-in-1
Asus Zenbook flip UX561UD.
(Note: There was an older bug #1760399 about OSK not working under
Xorg, but this one was fixed in Cosmic)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.35.91-1ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 5.5.4-050504-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Mar 8 17:33:36 2020
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-13 (541 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Alpha amd64 (20180912)
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.35.91-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-04 (63 days ago)
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