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Using the actual monitor width in pixels can lead to unsatisfying results, depending on the display orientation and physical size: on a 10" tablet with a 1280x800 resolution (scale 1), portrait orientation will be using the narrow layout. If the keyboard is sized in an optimal way (i.e. so the layout fills the whole area, with no blanks on the sides) this would result in an unnecessarily huge keyboard being displayed, therefore wasting screen estate. Using the virtual display size gives a hint about the physical size of the device, and can be used to select wide layouts even in portrait mode, while still preserving current behavior on HiDPI devices. This has been tested on PineTab, PinePhone and Librem 5.
squeekboard - a Wayland virtual keyboard
Squeekboard is a virtual keyboard supporting Wayland, built primarily for the Librem 5 phone.
It squeaks because some Rust got inside.
Features
Present
- GTK3
- Custom yaml-defined keyboards
- DBus interface to show and hide
- Use Wayland input method protocol to show and hide
- Use Wayland virtual keyboard protocol
Temporarily dropped
- A settings interface
TODO
- Use Wayland input method protocol
- Pick up DBus interface files from /usr/share
Building
Dependencies
See .gitlab-ci.yml or run apt-get build-dep .
Build from git repo
$ git clone https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/squeekboard.git
$ cd squeekboard
$ mkdir _build
$ meson _build/
$ cd _build
$ ninja
To run tests use ninja test. To install squeekboard run ninja install.
Running
$ phoc # if no compatible Wayland compositor is running yet
$ cd ../build/
$ src/squeekboard
Squeekboard honors the gnome "screen-keyboard-enabled" setting. Either enable this through gnome-settings under accessibility or run:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled true
To make the keyboard show you can use either an application that does so automatically, like a text editor or python3 ./tests/entry.py, or you can manually trigger it with:
busctl call --user sm.puri.OSK0 /sm/puri/OSK0 sm.puri.OSK0 SetVisible b true
Developing
See doc/hacking.md for this copy, or the official documentation for the current release.