Feature #8444

Monitor development of screen keyboard in GNOME

Added by sajolida 2014-12-16 10:37:56 . Updated 2017-09-15 17:51:32 .

Status:
Confirmed
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
alant
Category:
Accessibility
Target version:
Start date:
2014-12-16
Due date:
% Done:

20%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Research
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
On-screen keyboard
Deliverable for:

Description

Good screen keyboard support is required for Tails on handheld devices and touchscreen.

GNOME is working on an integrate screen keyboard:

We should monitor their progress and help them focus on what matters, especially about:

  • The on-screen keyboard layout does not reflect the physical keyboard layout except for very few languages (but accented and other special chars can be input). See Feature #8281#note-28 for the current state of things, and Feature #8281#note-41 for WIP in this area. Actually there are two cases:
    • using the on-screen keyboard as a counter-measure against hardware keyloggers: then this is a serious problem as one has to context-switch between the layout of the physical keyboard and the layout of the on-screen keyboard;
    • using the on-screen keyboard for universal access reasons: in this case, one will “simply” get used to the QWERTY layout, and no context switch is involved, so it’s OK-ish (except for people who switch between and other operating systems).

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #8445: Try to configure Florence better for handheld devices Resolved 2014-12-16
Related to Tails - Bug #8312: Better integrate Florence within GNOME Shell, or replace it Resolved 2014-11-20
Related to Tails - Bug #12385: The virtual keyboard in the Greeter allows to type only a limited set of keys Resolved 2017-03-19
Related to Tails - Feature #10263: Test that the on-screen keyboard works and its layout is correctly set Confirmed 2015-09-26

History

#1 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-03 03:38:20

  • related to Feature #8445: Try to configure Florence better for handheld devices added

#2 Updated by alant 2015-08-07 06:13:04

  • related to Bug #8312: Better integrate Florence within GNOME Shell, or replace it added

#3 Updated by alant 2015-08-07 06:13:29

  • related to deleted (Bug #8312: Better integrate Florence within GNOME Shell, or replace it)

#4 Updated by alant 2015-08-07 06:13:56

  • related to Bug #8312: Better integrate Florence within GNOME Shell, or replace it added

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2016-12-22 17:47:03

  • Priority changed from Normal to Low

Nobody has volunteered to do this, nor reported any update, since 2 years => lowering priority.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2017-03-19 18:55:37

  • related to Bug #12385: The virtual keyboard in the Greeter allows to type only a limited set of keys added

#7 Updated by alant 2017-03-20 11:17:31

  • Assignee set to alant

#8 Updated by alant 2017-03-20 11:29:29

There is a nice design page on the wiki, but there to be only maintenance going on and no active developpment to implement the new design.

#9 Updated by sajolida 2017-05-07 09:16:12

  • Description updated

I’ll start listing issues (and possible resolution) in the description of the ticket.

#10 Updated by sajolida 2017-05-07 09:16:27

  • Category changed from Hardware support to Accessibility

#11 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:17:17

  • related to deleted (Bug #12385: The virtual keyboard in the Greeter allows to type only a limited set of keys)

#12 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:18:51

  • related to Bug #12385: The virtual keyboard in the Greeter allows to type only a limited set of keys added

#13 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-28 13:20:36

  • Description updated

#14 Updated by intrigeri 2017-07-25 07:40:24

  • Affected tool set to On-screen keyboard

#15 Updated by intrigeri 2017-09-15 17:51:32

  • Description updated

(Dumped stuff from Feature #8281 that I don’t want to see lost forever.)

#16 Updated by intrigeri 2017-09-15 17:52:19

  • related to Feature #10263: Test that the on-screen keyboard works and its layout is correctly set added