keyboard bugs (Re: Touch & Mobile)

[Daiki Ueno <ueno unixuser org>]

Allan Day <allanpday gmail com> writes:

> Things aren't so good with the on-screen keyboard. It hasn't been
> touched for a while, and Caribou seems to be unmaintained. So it would
> be extremely helpful f anyone wants to do some work in this area. The
> bug tracker is in a fairly good state for this component [3].

> [3]
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=gnome-shell&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&component=keyboard

FWIW, I went through the bug list (and related caribou bugs) and tried
to add comments if possible.  In my opinion, it would be nice if the
first 4 bugs are fixed before the release, since they are easily
reproducible and directly impact UX.

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BASIC FUNCTIONS
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[664309] On-screen keyboard unavailable in system-modal dialogs
Patch available, confirmed that it fixes the problem on my env

[673579] The "|" key is mapped to "<" using onscreen keyboard
Patch available, fix needed in caribou

[674955] Keyboard vanishes when entering umlaut
Patch available

[680556] On-screen keyboard is missing the ~ (tilda) character
Need to be fixed in caribou

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DESIGN
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[659744] keyboard: 'tray' is an odd key
Related to 662687

[662687] "tray" button issues
Related to 659744

[679920] Don't base key size on screen size

[679924] Icons are too small
Partial patch available

[679925] Space bar should fill available space
Patch available for centering.  Filling may require fix in caribou.

[679926] Change stroke and fill of engaged keys
Need fix in caribou

[679927] Return key symbol looks bad
Related to 679924

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UX
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[659745] keyboard: temporarily popping down

[660032] Screen keyboard should allow scanning mode

[671454] The on-screen keyboard ignores events from the Caribou daemon
Rough patch available

[677106] Please activate on-screen keyboard automatically if no real kbd is found, but a pointing device/touch screen is

[681503] Provide word suggestions
Duplicate of caribou bug 613851

[681199] Keep the caret visible by pushing the view up
Should fix caribou bug 678201 and 659543 as well

[671340] [PATCH] Please Add "Visible" property to org.gnome.Keyboard.Caribou
Patch available

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OTHER
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[659180] On screen keyboard lacks control key
Works for me

[662558] On-screen keyboard unavailable at lock screen
May be fixed with 664309

[662580] Shell monopolises "Super" button
Not an OSK bug

[662689] can't hide on screen keyboard from the keyboard
Not a bug, or related to 679924

[680500] Custom shortcut for workspace
Not an OSK bug

[681029] Top Panel Icons should have an shortcut
Not an OSK bug

[681030] MenuItems in menus in top panel should have mnemonics
Not an OSK bug

[682260] Clicks on the keys get through
Works for me

[681662] Keyboard no longer pops up when a text entry field is focused
Works for me with gtk3-demo, but not with gnome-terminal

[681735] On-screen keyboard layout does not update
Works for me with Arabic, but not with French etc.

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno