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Ubuntu's default onscreen keyboard since 7.10.

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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 Screen Keyboard enabled in Universal Access, but…
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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 caribou? Having done a fresh install of 18.04,…
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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 screen position for placing Onboard (which means…
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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 making it start like this, and how can I get it to…
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Using the Onboard VGA output with a PCIe video card. Both nVidia

I have 2 video cards, one On board, a nVidia 6150SE nForce 430 and a PCIe nVidia GeForce GT 220 1GB DDR2 RAM I have already configured the PCIe card to use the dual monitor feature, using the VGA and HDMI ports, but now I want to add a third…
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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 Unity still shows up. If I create a new user, it…
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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 Umlauts. So I would like either too enhance the…
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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 this way offered a degree of protection against…
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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 foreground, I couldn't click on anything other than…
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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 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 looks. I'd really like to access the settings…
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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 too) but before it is activated one needs to search…
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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 love handles which then stuff up the typing. I…
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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.) etc... The onboard freezes now to one side of the…
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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-like" keyboard. However, I need the virtual keyboard…
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