KDE @lemmy.kde.social KaKi87 @jlai.lu 3 mo. ago

Virtual keyboard not showing on non-KDE apps

Hi,

Maliit is selected in virtual keyboard settings, it shows up when using a KDE app like Dolphin or Konsole, but it doesn't show up when using a non-KDE app like VLC or Discord.

How to fix this ?

Thanks

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@KaKi87 Those apps are probably running under X11. Make sure they are running with native Wayland support, for Chromium apps you should add --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-wayland-ime to the command line arguments.
- Those apps are probably running under X11. Make sure they are running with native Wayland support
  
  How do I check these ?
  
  for Chromium apps you should add --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-wayland-ime to the command line arguments
  
  Where ?
  
  Thanks
  
  /usr/bin/discord --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-wayland-ime you should be able to add it via editing it in the application launcher. But alternatively, I recommend trying out Vesktop.
  
  Unfortunately, it's not changing anything, also I'm using BetterDiscord. Thanks
  
  There's actually a lot of overlap between Vesktop/Vencord & BetterDiscord as the devs tend to contribute to each other.
  
  Anyway, it's not just Discord, but any Electron app, like Element for Matrix, Signal, etc. the additional command-line arguments don't work on these either.
  
  And what about VLC ? Also, my browser is Brave, also Chromium-based, on which the virtual keyboard doesn't appear either.
  
  Thanks
  
  https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland#Electron
  https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VLC_media_player#Wayland_support
  
  But what about the virtual keyboard ?
  
  I've been looking through the docs and BRs, etc. and can't seem to find info on your specific issue, I did find this but it maybe unrelated. Maybe worth reporting.
  
  I already checked and there are plugins I'd miss very much.
  
  fair enough.

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