I understand that Ubuntu Budgie is aimed at desktop users and not touch-screen devices, but to not have a onscreen keyboard seems odd, especially when the mainline Ubuntu distribution has a perfectly functional one.
So I am wondering where is the onscreen keyboard? It does not appear in any instance when the option is checked in the accessibility settings.
Is this a problem specific to my system? If so, what is the default on screen keyboard package called?
I think I lack to skill set to look into it sorry haha.
I will confess I am using budgie on a 2 in 1 laptop. Which explains my interest in the onscreen keyboard.
I understand that laptop users aren’t the priority. I enjoy the budgie DE and accept that I might have to sacrifice usability. The lack of on screen keyboard seems strange considering, mainline Ubuntu has a perfectly configured onboard.
I might be missing something, but tried onboard on my touchscreen. What is not working? it has an extensive settings section and does what it should without a single issue here.
I found that when it was floating it would appear behind the application menu and in all the wrong places for other applications. I did not try the mode where the keyboard is docked to the bottom of the screen though.
I also tried the feature where it would only appear when the user is using the touchscreen - that wouldn’t work. Mainline Ubuntu can do that fine - sorry I keep making this comparison, I guess as far as I understand, budgie also uses the gnome shell and so I would assume features would work on both unless you’ve taken something away.
OK Budgie doesn’t use the Gnome shell. But it does use a number of Gnome packages, including the settings that include a switch that refers to an on screen keyboard.
I understand it’s not a high priority and am not asking for anything. I’ve had my questions answered. I’ll continue with onboard and maybe I can get it working.