GNU bug report logs - #76987
30.1; On-screen-keyboard always showing upon touching with no physical keyboard in GNOME

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Message #22 received at 76987-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: n58r <at> pm.me
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 76987-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76987: 30.1;
 On-screen-keyboard always showing upon touching with no physical
 keyboard in GNOME
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:16:44 +0300

> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:57:15 +0000
> From: n58r <at> pm.me
> Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, 76987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  > So maybe users should look at customizing this via GNOME 
> customization
> options.
> 
> Unfortunately the on-screen-keyboard accessibility setting is ignored 
> on GNOME with no physical keyboard attached. A touch screen press will 
> always trigger OSK if on a text-box. It appears there's no option to 
> circumvent this.
> 
>  > As documented in the Emacs manual, GNOME (and other X desktop
>  environments) apply heuristics to decide whether the on-screen keyboard
>  is to be displayed upon registering touchscreen input to an 
> application.
>  There's nothing here that is within our power to resolve, I'm afraid.
> 
> Got it, that's a pity. Thank you for the answer.

I guess there's nothing more to do here, so I'm now closing this bug.

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