Hello there,
I’m Sarah first time Linux user & I picked Fedora because I heard nothing but wonderful things. I am using Workstation 42 & this is great it’s very fast & that’s important to me. I am looking to find out if it’s possible to be more touch friendly?
I use an HP laptop that’s a 2 in one detachable keyboard so I could use it like a tablet. However when using Fedora I encounter a few issues for me. To use a screen keyboard I have to turn it on in accessibility but the keyboard does not show all the keys. The image in keyboard layout for English(US) shows more keys then what actually comes up when using it.
What’s missing from this screen keyboard is a full layout of keys the ctrl, alt, cmd, f1-f12, esc, & other keys. Another issue is this screen keyboard will not come up on the login so I have to plugin my keyboard so I can login then detach it to use it like a tablet.
My goal is to have a full functioning screen keyboard so I may be able to use it fully without having to plugin the keyboard. I travel & like to pack light so being able to leave the keyboard behind would be really nice. Sometime’s i’m on the go all day outdoors & I may not have an opportunity to sit somewhere & pull the keyboard out.
I have another question how can I remove the wellbeing in settings? One of the things I hear about linux is you can fully customize it & I would like to remove wellbeing screen tracker completely. I know some people probably use this & find it useful to have but to me this is bloat & something I do not need & I would like to remove it completely.
Thank you for taking the time to read & answer this is my first experience with linux so bare with me if i’m asking simple questions.
Welcome to Fedora @sarahlynnn
In the settings, you have to activate the “Always Show Accessibility Menu” under “Accessibility”.
This way you will get a symbol in the top bar to access the keyboard also on the login screen. If it is on you can klick on the user you want login with and afterwards click in the PW Field to bring the keyboard up.
This way you can work without Keyboard all the time.
For a more sophisticated on screen keyboard you have to install an extra extension. Unfortunately for the moment the Extension is not ready for Gnome 48 yet:
This disables the screen time tracking:
gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.screen-time-limits' 'history-enabled' 'false'
I had a Dell Latitude 2-in-1 without keyboard and vaguely recall that working automatically back in GNOME 3 (before the 40 jump). I’m not too sure if it had the full keyboard layout, but don’t recall it being an issue. I think GNOME had the keyboard built-in (was around the same time Plasma 5 came out and Arch shipped it without an on-screen keyboard 
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I’d have a BT keyboard around just in-case, but I’d also probably not need too-unique keys in tablet mode (anything serious I’d dock for the real keyboard).
Thanks for the info but will that command remove it completely or just disable it? I’d rather it be fully removed completely. I didn’t know the always show would also make it appear on the login screen that’s good to know. Looking up how to remove something shouldn’t I put in # rpm -e org.gnome.desktop.screen-time-limits?
It’s nice to have a full functional keyboard that would be on the screen. I probably maybe won’t need all those keys but it’s nice to have. My whole purpose is to have it there so I won’t have to keep my keyboard with me.
I would just like to use it as a tablet then hit home on a screen keyboard so I can jump back to the top of the site without having to swipe.
That’s just one thing I could think of with what I would use one of the many extra keys for.