Qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard

Development Packages and features requests
1

Hi,

Just wondering why there is no build for qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard ? Considering it exists qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard-examples and few other packages related to it. This is very useful for people who want to use tablets for example.

https://abf.openmandriva.org/openmandriva/qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard/build_lists

# dnf search qtvirtualkeyboard
Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 23:17:31 ago on Sat Jun 7 13:12:58 2025.
======================================================================================== Name Matched: qtvirtualkeyboard =========================================================================================
qt5-qtvirtualkeyboard.znver1 : Qt Virtual Keyboard
qt5-qtvirtualkeyboard-examples.znver1 : Examples for the Qt Virtual Keyboard
qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard-examples.znver1 : Examples for the Qt %{major} Virtual Keyboard module

Kind regards!

1 Like
2

It is there, just not under the name you’re looking for.

The Qt 6.x version of virtual keyboard is implemented entirely as a shared library and an input method plugin, so it’s in the lib64Qt6VirtualKeyboard package.

1 Like
3

Hi Bero,

Many thanks for your kind answer, but are you sure just installing lib64Qt6VirtualKeyboard should work?

# dnf list installed | grep lib64Qt6VirtualKeyboard
lib64Qt6VirtualKeyboard.znver1 6.9.0-1 @System
lib64Qt6VirtualKeyboardQml.znver1 6.9.0-1 @System
lib64Qt6VirtualKeyboardSettings.znver1 6.9.0-1 @System

Screenshot_20250613_234459
Screenshot_20250613_2344591122Ă—487 33.9 KB

Also, no matter how many times I press “Virtual Keyboard” at kscreenlocker, it does nothing (I can’t screenshot that, Spectacle fails to do it)

Kind regards

1 Like
4

OK my bad, seems like Qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard is just the framework, not the keyboard itself. It works fine under Wayland, seems disabled at X11 (likely by KDE not supporting it).

1 Like