How to enable virtual keyboard on login screen (KDE Plasma)?

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Hi,

I want to login to Fedora 41 using my mouse only. By default, there is no virtual keyboard option on the login screen. Can you enable it?

I tried creating the /etc/sddm.conf.d/virtualkbd.conf config file and added

[General]
InputMethod=qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard

but it does not work.

2

Did you install the qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard software?

3

Yes, I believe it’s actually part of the default Fedora installation

4

If you read man sddm.conf it uses a different spelling for the plugin.

InputMethod=
              Set the Qt input method for the greeter.  Tablet  users  with  Qt
              Virtual  Keyboard  installed  can set this to "qtvirtualkeyboard"
              for the on-screen keyboard.  Other known values  are  "ibus"  for
              the  Intelligent  Input  Bus, or "compose" for dead keys support.
              Leave this empty if unsure.
5

Tried with

qtvirtualkeyboard

instead but still not working.

6

There is also another config file where you can set the input in /usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/plasma-wayland.conf, not sure if I should touch it tho

[General]
DisplayServer=wayland
GreeterEnvironment=QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION=layer-shell
InputMethod=

[Wayland]
CompositorCommand=kwin_wayland --no-global-shortcuts --no-lockscreen --inputmethod maliit-keyboard --locale1