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Ubuntu's default onscreen keyboard since 7.10. The onboard tag should not be used to refer to onboard peripheral devices such as onboard RAM or onboard GPU.

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Onboard screenkeyboard does not work in Ubuntu 22.04

Since I've upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04, I can't use the onboard screenkeyboard anymore. I really liked that keyboard, because it is compact, easy functionality (right click for characters etc.) ...
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Where does the on screen keyboard Onboard store its configuration files?

Where does Onboard show its configuration files? I could not find anything in .config. I am running Xubuntu 22.04. This does not answer where the configuration files are located. I made some changes ...
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How to force Onboard appear on top of fullscreen apps in a tablet running Ubuntu?

Whenever Okular is fullscreen, there is no way to make Onboard remain on top of Okular. This behavior makes it impossible to annotate a fullscreen document (opened in Okular) in a touch screen tablet ...
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Onboard Keyboard not working in 22.04

Since installing 22.04 a month ago the Onboard Keyboard app has stopped working. This is the very useful onscreen keyboard that lets you enter keystrokes via mouse clicks. Entering sensitive data ...
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Default on-screen keyboard and Onboard show up at the same time on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

I am relatively new to Linux, but I managed to solve all my issues until this one happened. I am using a Raspberry Pi running Ubuntu 20.04.3 as a PC with a touchscreen monitor. I have installed ...
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Problem with ON SCREEN KEYBOARD (ONBOARD) on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

How to use onboard onscreen keyboard on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)? Up to Ubuntu 20.04 everything worked fine but with Ubuntu 21.04 when the application onboard has been launched the screen sharing ...
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onboard onscreen keyboard missing key symbols

I installed the package onboard with all required dependencies. However, the following key symbols are not displayed correctly (please see the attached screenshot): TAB, CAPS LOCK, left and right ...
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Tab and Caps Lock won't show their icon in onboard keyboard

I'm customizing a Lubuntu for kiosk and I need a virtual keyboard software, I always install Onboard but I don't know yet what happened, this time the onboard won't appear caps lock and Tab keys. ...
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Getting an on-screen (onboard) keyboard to work on ubuntu20

I just got an Ubuntu 20.04.2 installed and need to change keyboard often, between English, Russian, German and Danish. The are no results from searching for it ("no results" when asking for ...
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Onscreen keyboard (Onboard) doesn't work on login screen and makes desktop unusable after login

I'm obliged to use the onscreen keyboard (i.e Onboard). I decided to update my PCs to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. However, I'm facing problems with the on-screen keyboard with all of them It's impossible to ...
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Opening onscreen keyboard on button press

Normally you can swipe from the bottom of a touch display to show the onscreen keyboard, but it's disabled on full screen applications. I noticed that notifications still appear on full screen ...
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Replace or enhance default on-screen Keyboard

I am running Ubuntu 19.04 on a Surface Go. There is the default on-screen keyboard which looks exactly like the ones on phones. But I need (at least sometimes) the extra keys like Alt, Ctrl, and ...
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Onboard virtual keyboard error in RDP environment

When I use onboard command in RDP environment (Xfce), an error occurs. Below is a message when an error occurs. Could you help me with this error? version : 16.04 **hello@gbot:~$ onboard** 14:08:37....
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Onboard hover/dwell click can' t be enabled

I'm using lubuntu 18.04, after i reinstalled the OS the onboard dwell click key is grayed-out and cannot be used. Also the mouse keys (in onboard) aren' t working anymore if i click one of them the ...
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Onboard keyboard call from bash - inconsistent behaviour

I need to open onboard keyboard over full screen browser (Chrome) from Python. The python call is: onscreen_keyboard = subprocess.Popen(['onboard', ]) os.system("wmctrl -a onboard -b above") The ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 no on-screen keyboard?

In 16.04 the Onboard on-screen keyboard was available by default, but it looks like it was dropped (because of Gnome integration problems?). Question 1: Can anyone confirm was onboard replaced by ...
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Onboard wait'n'click not working

I have physical disability which makes moving with all my body very difficult, thus I use Onboard virtual keyboard to work with my PC using mouse only. My problem is that after installation of Ubuntu ...
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Accessible virtual (on-screen) keyboard on Ubuntu 17.04

I've just upgraded the Ubuntu in my notebook to the new version, through a dist-upgrade on terminal. In this new version, the native on-screen keyboard is, I guess, the Caribou, which is a "tablet-...
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Using keyboard layout I don't physically have

I want to have a virtual keyboard with Japanese and Arabic, which my physical keyboard doesn't have stickers for (and doesn't have enough space even if I bought). I thought of using it through ...
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On-screen keyboard popping up whenever I touch screen

I'm in 17.10. Whenever I touch the screen, whether to change windows/apps, scroll within a browser, or press a button, the stupid little keyboard pops up in the bottom left corner. I have never left ...
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Is it possible to use onboard in TTY?

I have old convertible netbook which is so weak even Lubuntu runs slow on it. I want to install Ubuntu Server (no GUI) and control it exclusively via tty. Sometimes, I'd like to use the TTY in "...
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How do I clear the recently typed words in ubuntu's On-Screen keyboard?

How do I clear the recently typed words in Ubuntu's Onboard?
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Onboard command causing bash script to stop

I try to write a little bash script for my mothers laptop with xubuntu. The problem she have is after every version update of xubuntu the keyboard isn't working anymore. I also had this problem on any ...
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open Onboard when using touch screen

Hey guys, my English is not good. sorry :( My laptop have touchScreen and my version of linux is Xubuntu 16.04 i want xubuntu show "Onboard" when i clicking on text box with touchScreen.(like how its ...
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Can I set the onboard keyboard in a different language than my system language?

I am moving to China and I'll need an onboard keypad with character prediction in Chinese. I want to keep my physical keyboard set to English, but I'll need an onboard Chinese keyboard on my screen ...
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How to bring up onboard only when physical keyboard is disabled

I have a HP Pavillion x360, running Ubuntu GNOME 16.10. When the laptop is turned into tablet mode, the physical keyboard is disabled as it should be; indicating that ubuntu knows when it is in tablet ...
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How do I reset the onboard keyboard's size to its original size?

After trying to resize the onboard keyboard on xubuntu using the top right corner (I think), the keyboard grew to extraordinary proportions. It never happened before. Because it is always on the ...
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Lenovo Twist - automatic onboard keyboard in tablet mode

When I switch my Twist to tablet mode, the touchscreen isn't deactivated (the cursor jumps around), the screen isn't rotated 180 degrees and the onboard keyboard doesn't pop up when I'm in an input ...
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How do I enable the touchpad while typing in 16.04?

Having the touchpad disabled while typing slows down my typing with onscreen keyboards like OnBoard. In 14.04 there was a setting for this in the mouse settings, but it's gone now in 16.04.
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14.04 Onboard on-screen keyboard: Only Greek / math keys

So I have Onboard working properly; e.g. comes up when I need it, fades out when I don't. However, somewhere along the line, I lost my standard QWERTY, and am stuck with Greek / math symbols (insert ...
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Onboard does not work with touch

Onboard (the Ubuntu default onscreen keyboard) is working fine basically, but it does not work with touch. But this is what I need it for. I just can't press any button. I can press Onboard buttons ...
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How to change my onboard keyboard theme in lightdm gtk+

I'm running Xubuntu 14.04.02 and have created a custom Onboard keyboard theme, which works fine once I'm logged in. The problem is my greeter screen, when I launch Onboard it keeps the default theme ...
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How to change onboard settings in lightdm?

How do I change the onboard settings for lightdm? I have a tablet with ubuntu on it. It was pretty easy to set up the onboard keyboard to show up in lightdm.... except I really don't like the way it ...
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Showing Onboard Keyboard On Lock Screen [duplicate]

I have been playing around with the Onboard settings and even though I select the option "Show when unlocking the screen" from the settings the keyboard still doesn't appear when on screen lock. This ...
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How do I enable onboard (on screen keyboard) on the lock-screen?

I have a laptop-tablet device and I'm trying to enable onboard on the lock-screen. Enabling onboard on the login screen is no problem but enabling the option Show when unlocking the screen is not ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 / Unity- onboard utility (on-screen keyboard) - desktop icon

I would like to have some easier way to launch "onboard" (on-screen keyboard utility). Once onboard is launched it conveniently sits on a service bar (would be nice to have some improvements there ...
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How to stop Unity love handles on onscreen keybord

I have a Dell XPS12 - the one that converts into a tablet. When typing with onboard [default onscreen keyboard], sometimes 3 fingers will be touching the screen at the same time. This launches the ...
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Increase height of onboard in lock screen

On my tablet I use a fresh install of trusty with gnome flashback compiz session. At login screen gnome provides an own on-screen keyboard which is kind of ok. Within the session I use onboard in ...
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How can I make Onboard, the visual keyboard, open in Ubuntu on startup?

I am working with an application using a touch screen. For this, I need Onboard (the on-screen keyboard) to open from Ubuntu's startup time with a fixed width and height. I also need to get a reserved ...
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nexus 7 onboard keyboard issues

when i start up ubuntu on my nexus 7, i am greeted with the first time setup screen. However, I cannot type into text fields using the onscreen keyboard. The keyboard does not seem to be outputting ...
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How to make OnBoard go away?

Because I had a problem with my keyboard I enabled the on screen keyboard OnBoard. Now, I want to disable it, but I haven't been able to do so, even though I have googled for a solution. Right now, ...
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How to enable onboard in lightdm-gtk-greeter?

Unity-greeter crashes, and constantly respawns, not letting me in. So, I configured auto login but that won't start anything except Unity session. I changed the lightdm.conf file to run Xubuntu but ...
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Using on-board graphics + PCI together? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How well will Nvidia Optimus cards be supported in 12.04? I would like to know if it is possible in 10.04.4 LTS to have both an Intel on-board graphics and a nvidia card ...
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GNOME 3.2 Screen keyboard, when opened onboard pops up

When I enable the "screen keyboard" from the accessibility next to that the GNOME onscreen keyboard is started onboard is also opened. Is there a way to prevent this?!
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How can I get Onboard (the screen keyboard) to stop launching every time I log in?

For some strange reason (i.e. I don't have a tablet computer) Onboard, the on-screen keyboard, starts every time I log in. I've checked Startup Applications, but it's not listed there. What could be ...
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Clicking on onboard steals dash's focus

Is there any way to stop clicks on onboard from closing Dash? I would like to be able to type in Dash using onboard before it disappears. It even happens when focus prevention level setting in ...
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'on-screen keyboard' error after upgrading from 9.04 to 9.10

I recently upgraded ubuntu from 9.04 to 9.10. well some of the keys of my keyboard don't work properly so i always hit up terminal an use on screen keyboard 'onboard' But when i have upgraded ubuntu ...
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