Ubuntu: Popup keyboard on text fields - quick howto.

[kappa__2]

Hi. First post here. Great board.

I was looking for a way to pop the on-screen keyboard when the cursor is on an text entry field > something that every native touch OS have by default (android, Meego, etc).
I've found today that this is also possible using ubuntu (yeahh) using -Meego Input Methods > aka Maliit
So here is a quick and short howto:

PS: Be aware that i'm a complete linux newbie. But it worked. I hope you guys can test and improve this.

First add the ppa:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sebastian-ruehl/nohands 

Update:

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sudo aptitude update

Install the software:

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sudo aptitude install maliit-framework maliit-plugins

reboot and... voilá.

you will get the Meego on-screen keyboard everytime you click a text entry box. I find it quite usefull.

[BuZz]

florence keyboard has this facility, but it is disabled by default. you can enable it in florence settings. i've yet to try the meego keyboard however, so thanks for the info.

[hawsey]

Thanks for this info kappa i will be trying this out sometime soon .
I have enabled this on florence which vastly improves matters when you are using the touch screen but it is still not the same keyboard experience you get on Android , hopefully this will be a bit more like that and I could pack up my ubuntu keyboard
Cheers

[kappa__2]

Thanks for this info kappa i will be trying this out sometime soon .
I have enabled this on florence which vastly improves matters when you are using the touch screen but it is still not the same keyboard experience you get on Android , hopefully this will be a bit more like that and I could pack up my ubuntu keyboard
Cheers

Well... The Meego keyboard is still a litle big and sticky. It is not quite the same experience you'll get on the android. But it's closer.
Perhaps with some tweaking (by an expert) it will get there.

Regards

[hawsey]

I wonder if it would be possible to sort of pinch the android keyboard for use in other linux os's