Is there any on-screen keyboard that works?

Desktop Environments Plasma
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I am using Plasma 6 Wayland + Fcitx5. Is there any on-screen keyboard that works? Currently, if I click the ‘Virtual Keyboard’ button at the bottom-left corner of the login screen of Plasma, the password input box moves up but no keyboard shows up.

I have tried maliit keyboard or something, but nothing showed up. Besides, it seems that I have to set it as the virtual keyboard, which is already set to Fcitx5. Even if maliit worked this way, wouldn’t that mean that Fcitx5 would not work? I want an on-screen keyboard that does not interrupt Fcitx5.

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bump, i want to know too…

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@yourgod , @AlooOmega ,
You have probably selected Maliit as virtual keyboard.

su
cat >> /etc/environment <<EOF
KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1
EOF

reboot
and (on-screen) Input Method can be activated active
or deactivated inactive
by the Input Method widget. By default it can be found among hidden icons of systray.
IDK why Fedora 42 KDE on-screen keyboard is active at login as opposed to EnOS.

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i ran this command, still doesn’t show up when i click on the widget

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  1. So, check Maliit is selected as virtual keyboard.

    maliit
    maliit702×224 17.4 KB

 echo $KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS
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  1. Can you add widget ‘Input Method’ to panel and do you see the pop-up
    ‘On-Screen Keyboard Activated’ by clicking on it?
  2. Of course on-screen keyboard appears in case you are in a window that waits an input.
    onscreen
    onscreen1920×1080 146 KB

It was done in this environment:

Linux 6.12.25-1-lts
DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.4
WM: KWin (Wayland)
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It works, but not on the login screen (screen just bumps up, no keyboard shows).

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The default Plasma keyboard doesn’t have modifier keys (e.g. ctrl, alt), which makes it hard to use the terminal. This keyboard is Wayland friendly and has modifier keys Vboard: A wayland compatible on-screen-keyboard with modifier keys . Note: I am one of the developers