{"id":9194,"date":"2019-07-22T15:56:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9194"},"modified":"2019-07-22T15:56:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:56:33","slug":"enable-on-screen-keyboard-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/07\/enable-on-screen-keyboard-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable On Screen Keyboard in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gnome-onboard-icon.png\" alt=\"onscreen keyboard\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6624\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, Gnome&#8217;s built-in screen keyboard can be enabled via universal access menu. <\/p>\n<p>However, it only triggers automatically in Gnome Activities and Application menu, nowhere else. See <a href=\"https:\/\/bugs.launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/gnome-shell\/+bug\/1760399\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the bug<\/a>. Though it&#8217;s marked as fixed, I still have the problem in my laptop. <\/p>\n<p>For those have the same issue, you can install the previous <i>Ubuntu 16.04&#8217;s default<\/i> <code>onboard<\/code> screen keyboard utility in Ubuntu 18.04 as a workaround.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-ubuntu1804.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-ubuntu1804-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-ubuntu1804-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-ubuntu1804-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-ubuntu1804-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-ubuntu1804.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open <b>Ubuntu Software<\/b>, search for and install <code>onboard<\/code> as well as onboard settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-softwarecenter-450x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"266\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-softwarecenter-450x266.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-softwarecenter-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-softwarecenter-600x355.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-softwarecenter.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, launch the utility from Gnome application menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/launch-onboard-450x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"214\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/launch-onboard-450x214.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/launch-onboard.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In onboard settings, set up auto-show, layout, theme, etc and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-settings-600x336.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-settings-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-settings-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-settings-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/onboard-settings.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, Gnome&#8217;s built-in screen keyboard can be enabled via universal access menu. However, it only triggers automatically in Gnome Activities and Application menu, nowhere else. See the bug. Though it&#8217;s marked as fixed, I still have the problem in my laptop. For those have the same issue, you can install the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1766,1767],"class_list":["post-9194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gnome-shell","tag-on-screen-keyboard","tag-screen-keyboard-ubuntu-18-04"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194","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=9194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}