{"id":40362,"date":"2022-05-30T17:06:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T17:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=40362"},"modified":"2024-04-21T11:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T11:16:49","slug":"enable-on-screen-keyboard-ubuntu-22-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/enable-on-screen-keyboard-ubuntu-22-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable & Improve On Screen Keyboard in Ubuntu 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Need on-screen virtual keyboard? Here’s how to enable and use the function in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.<\/p>\n

The default GNOME desktop environment has built-in on-screen keyboard for use in case you don’t have a physical keyboard. It’s easy to enable this feature by doing following steps one by one:<\/p>\n

Enable on-screen keyboard:<\/h3>\n

1. Firstly, open settings (gnome-control-center) via the top-right corner system menu option.<\/p>\n

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2. When it opens, navigate to “Accessibility<\/b>” in the left. In right, screen down and turn on the option for “Screen Keyboard”.<\/p>\n

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A new human body icon should appear in top-bar, indicates that “Screen Keyboard” has enabled. There are as well toggle options for ‘High Contrast’, ‘Large Text’, ‘Sticky keys’, and more.<\/p>\n

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Improve OSK Usability:<\/h3>\n

On-screen keyboard by default only arise in few cases, such as when you focus the search box in ‘Activities’ overview.<\/p>\n

However, it does not show you the virtual keyboard in most cases, include typing in text editor or inserting number in a input box.<\/p>\n

So the “Improved OSK” extension is present to improve the function by adding a small indicator applet on top-bar. By clicking on it, you may open up the on-screen keyboard at anytime and any input area your cursor focused.<\/p>\n

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Install “Improved OSK” extension<\/h3>\n

Method 1: Install extension via browser<\/h4>\n

Firstly, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the command below to install the agent:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell<\/pre>\n
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Next, turn on the slider icon in the link page below to install the extension:<\/p>\n
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Improved OSK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
NOTE: The pre-installed Firefox is a Snap package that does not work for this stuff. Use another browser or try method 2.<\/del><\/b><\/p>\n
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Method 2: Use extension manager<\/h4>\n
Since Ubuntu 22.04, there’s an “Extension Manager” app available in system repository to install and manage Gnome extensions.<\/p>\n
1. First press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. Then, run command to install the app:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager<\/pre>\n
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2. Next, press Windows<\/i> (Super<\/i>) key on keyboard, then search for and open the “Extension Manager”<\/p>\n
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3. Finally, search for and install “Improved OSK” extension using the app under ‘Browse’ tab.<\/p>\n
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After installed the extension, open its settings page either via “Gnome Extensions<\/b>” or “Extension Manager<\/b>” (both available in Ubuntu Software\/Gnome Software).<\/p>\n
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In the preference, you may increase or decrease the keyboard size, ignore touch input, and toggle display the indicator applet.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Need on-screen virtual keyboard? Here’s how to enable and use the function in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The default GNOME desktop environment has built-in on-screen keyboard for use in case you don’t have a physical keyboard. It’s easy to enable this feature by doing following steps one by one: Enable on-screen keyboard: 1. Firstly, open settings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1766],"class_list":["post-40362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-on-screen-keyboard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}