https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502882
Bug ID: 502882
Summary: Feature request: support the virtual keyboard support
wayland protocol
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: wayland-generic
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: tobias.b...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Waylands defines a virtual keyboard protocol (unstable)
https://wayland.app/protocols/virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1 that allows us to
programmatically type any UTF-8 sequence, including emoji etc… independently of
the input method. This protocol is supported by many compositor (sway,
hyprland, cosmic, niri, labwc, mir… and more), but Kwin does not implement it.
In practice, it means that tools like wlrctl or wtype (xdotool for wayland)
will return errors:
```
$ wtype ∇⋅∇ψ = ρ
Compositor does not support the virtual keyboard protocol
$ wlrctl keyboard type 'Hello, world!'
Virtual Keyboard interface not found!
```
It makes it hard to program accessibility programs, or play with tools like
kmonad or keyd to add keys to type emoji or arbitrary UTF-8 sequences (math,
chinese…). For now, one needs to rely on hacks, like using an XCompose file
(poorly support a huge number of files), the C-S-u functionality of ibus (not
supported in xim, and also the keycode of s changes when the keyboard layout
changes so it is not very stable), or copy/pasting the emoji… very dirty in
any case.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Run `wtype ∇⋅∇ψ = ρ`.
OBSERVED RESULT
Compositor does not support the virtual keyboard protocol
EXPECTED RESULT
∇⋅∇ψ = ρ should be typed.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: NixOS unstable
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
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