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How to embed on-screen keyboard into gnome-screensaver 3.x unlock screen?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 4218 / 1 Year ago, thu, december 22, 2022, 7:27:30

The gconf value /apps/gnome-screensaver/embedded_keyboard_enable in Oneiric no longer works obviously. Is there a way to show virtual keyboard in gnome-screensaver 3.x? Does similar dconf value exist?
It makes unlocking the screen without the keyboard on tablets impossible.

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answered 1 Year ago ledeball · Accepted Answer

Gnome.org gives details of how to enable the embedded keyboard for a locked screen including the gsettings values

Any tablet-type screen keyboard must compy with the XEmbed specification.

Fortunately the standard onboard keyboard is XEmbed compliant - you need to pass the --xid parameter (type onboard --help for parameters you can pass to onboard)

Thus

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-enabled true

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-command "onboard --xid"

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