Bug #12385
The virtual keyboard in the Greeter allows to type only a limited set of keys
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Description
Thanks to Feature #5563 we now have a screen keyboard in the Greeter. That’s a pretty good start!
Now, it supports only a few keyboard layouts, and even those are partial: e.g. when one selected French language and keyboard, I could not find any way to type “é”. So users who need a screen keyboard won’t be able to type the passphrase to unlock their persistent volume if it includes “special” characters.
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Resolved | 2014-11-20 | |
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| Related to Tails - Feature #8444: Monitor development of screen keyboard in GNOME | Confirmed | 2014-12-16 |
History
#1 Updated by intrigeri 2017-03-19 18:55:19
- related to
Feature #8281: Consider replacing Florence with GNOME's own on-screen keyboard added
#2 Updated by intrigeri 2017-03-19 18:55:37
- related to Feature #8444: Monitor development of screen keyboard in GNOME added
#3 Updated by intrigeri 2017-03-19 18:55:55
- related to
Feature #5563: Add virtual keyboard to Tails Greeter added
#4 Updated by intrigeri 2017-03-19 18:56:55
This is essentially blocked by Feature #8444, which has no assignee :/
#5 Updated by alant 2017-03-20 11:18:39
intrigeri wrote:
> This is essentially blocked by Feature #8444, which has no assignee :/
I assigned it to me.
#7 Updated by intrigeri 2017-06-22 08:55:15
- Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
Applied in changeset commit:6947000f688ab0b22270f9312867c1a3d8058987.
#8 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:16:42
intrigeri wrote:
> Applied in changeset commit:6947000f688ab0b22270f9312867c1a3d8058987.
I think you might have typed a wrong bug number in this commit which has nothing to do with this ticket, but is about the mirror documentation.
#9 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:17:16
- related to deleted (
Feature #8444: Monitor development of screen keyboard in GNOME)
#10 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:18:51
- related to Feature #8444: Monitor development of screen keyboard in GNOME added
#11 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:31:09
Unable to test that currently due to Bug #11872
#12 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:31:23
- related to
Bug #11872: Florence systray icon sometimes does not show up added
#13 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:35:55
- related to deleted (
Bug #11872: Florence systray icon sometimes does not show up
#14 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:40:44
Actually, all the character keys are there! :)
It’s like on a smartphone: you need to press a key longer to see all alternatives. For example, press “e” longer and you’ll get “ê, é, è”. Same in german for äüö -> one needs to press “auo” for longer.
-> This will likely need documentation.
The remaining problems I see: there are no numbers in this keyboard and only three sign characters: “.,?” So if your passphrase contains “-/_:+*” for example, you have a real problem :)
-> This should probably be reported upstream, however, according to : https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/keyboard-osk.html.en There should be a possibility to switch between numbers and letters, so I wonder if we sort of don’t load the full keyboard? This should first be investigated.
#15 Updated by intrigeri 2017-06-28 17:27:54
u wrote:
> The remaining problems I see: there are no numbers in this keyboard
I see digits once I click the “123” button in the bottom left.
> and only three sign characters: “.,?” So if your passphrase contains “-/_:+*” for example, you have a real problem :)
Most of them are available once going to the “123” mode, and all of them once going to the “{#*” mode.
#16 Updated by intrigeri 2017-06-28 17:28:20
- Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
#17 Updated by intrigeri 2020-04-15 06:02:08
- Affected tool changed from Greeter to Welcome Screen