Talk: On-screen keyboard fails to open automatically in KDE on a touch device

[kparal (Kamil Páral)]

Please see the Common Issue for solution/workarounds:

On-screen keyboard fails to open automatically in KDE on a touch device

Problem On touch devices (tablets, 2-in-1 laptops, touchscreens, etc), a virtual keyboard should automatically pop up in KDE whenever you touch a text input field. However, this is currently not the case for Maliit, the default virtual keyboard for the KDE Plasma Spin (except for initial login via sddm), even when the virtual keyboard is enabled. Instead, the keyboard must be manually toggled on via the panel and toggled off via the virtual keyboard setting. This issue persists even with the pla…