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[Bug 1791548] [NEW] Incorrect description for activation of new on-screen keyboard with Gnome 3.28 (Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS) and 3.30 (Ubuntu Cosmic 18.10)
Public bug reported:
The docs give an incorrect description:
"The on-screen keyboard is automatically enabled if you use a touchscreen
1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Universal Access.
2. Click on Universal Access to open the panel.
3. Switch on Screen Keyboard in the Typing section.
When you next have the opportunity to type, the on-screen keyboard will open at the bottom of the screen."
-- https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/keyboard-osk.html
The Gnome 3.28 release notes say something different, but this is also incorrect:
"The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..."
-- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/
* It is not necessary to activate it in Universal access.
* The keyboard does not always automatically activate when selecting a text area.
* It can be summoned in Wayland by swiping up on a touch screen, but this does not work in the default X session. There is no known way to summon it in X if selecting a text widget does not automatically bring it up, which is a common situation.
The situation is still the same in Cosmic. This documentation bug is
particularly troublesome because even in the best case, Wayland, there
is no UI hint for how to summon it, and it is difficult to discover.
There are several questions on Askubuntu and the answers that existed so
far show that basically no-one understood the whole story. (I added
answers just now)
For a more detailed description I refer you to my comment on the bug
report, "New On-screen keyboard cannot be manually triggered to appear":
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
shell/+bug/1760399/comments/10
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 18.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 9 22:47:11 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago)
** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic cosmic osk touch
** Tags added: cosmic osk touch
** Description changed:
The docs give an incorrect description:
"The on-screen keyboard is automatically enabled if you use a touchscreen
1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Universal Access.
2. Click on Universal Access to open the panel.
3. Switch on Screen Keyboard in the Typing section.
When you next have the opportunity to type, the on-screen keyboard will open at the bottom of the screen."
-- https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/keyboard-osk.html
The Gnome 3.28 release notes say something different, but this is also incorrect:
"The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..."
-- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/
* It is not necessary to activate it in Universal access.
* The keyboard does not always automatically activate when selecting a text area.
* It can be summoned in Wayland by swiping up on a touch screen, but this does not work in the default X session. There is no known way to summon it in X
- This documentation bug is particularly troublesome because even in the
- best case, Wayland, there is no UI hint for how to summon and it is
- difficult to discover. There are several questions on Askubuntu and the
- answers that existed so far show that basically no-one understood the
- whole story. (I added answers just now)
+ The situation is still the same in Cosmic. This documentation bug is
+ particularly troublesome because even in the best case, Wayland, there
+ is no UI hint for how to summon and it is difficult to discover. There
+ are several questions on Askubuntu and the answers that existed so far
+ show that basically no-one understood the whole story. (I added answers
+ just now)
For a more detailed description I refer you to my comment on the bug
report, "New On-screen keyboard cannot be manually triggered to appear":
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
shell/+bug/1760399/comments/10
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 18.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 9 22:47:11 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago)
** Description changed:
The docs give an incorrect description:
"The on-screen keyboard is automatically enabled if you use a touchscreen
1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Universal Access.
2. Click on Universal Access to open the panel.
3. Switch on Screen Keyboard in the Typing section.
When you next have the opportunity to type, the on-screen keyboard will open at the bottom of the screen."
-- https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/keyboard-osk.html
The Gnome 3.28 release notes say something different, but this is also incorrect:
"The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..."
-- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/
* It is not necessary to activate it in Universal access.
* The keyboard does not always automatically activate when selecting a text area.
* It can be summoned in Wayland by swiping up on a touch screen, but this does not work in the default X session. There is no known way to summon it in X
The situation is still the same in Cosmic. This documentation bug is
particularly troublesome because even in the best case, Wayland, there
- is no UI hint for how to summon and it is difficult to discover. There
- are several questions on Askubuntu and the answers that existed so far
- show that basically no-one understood the whole story. (I added answers
- just now)
+ is no UI hint for how to summon it, and it is difficult to discover.
+ There are several questions on Askubuntu and the answers that existed so
+ far show that basically no-one understood the whole story. (I added
+ answers just now)
For a more detailed description I refer you to my comment on the bug
report, "New On-screen keyboard cannot be manually triggered to appear":
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
shell/+bug/1760399/comments/10
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 18.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 9 22:47:11 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago)
** Description changed:
The docs give an incorrect description:
"The on-screen keyboard is automatically enabled if you use a touchscreen
1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Universal Access.
2. Click on Universal Access to open the panel.
3. Switch on Screen Keyboard in the Typing section.
When you next have the opportunity to type, the on-screen keyboard will open at the bottom of the screen."
-- https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/keyboard-osk.html
The Gnome 3.28 release notes say something different, but this is also incorrect:
"The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..."
-- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/
* It is not necessary to activate it in Universal access.
* The keyboard does not always automatically activate when selecting a text area.
- * It can be summoned in Wayland by swiping up on a touch screen, but this does not work in the default X session. There is no known way to summon it in X
+ * It can be summoned in Wayland by swiping up on a touch screen, but this does not work in the default X session. There is no known way to summon it in X if selecting a text widget does not automatically bring it up, which is a common situation.
The situation is still the same in Cosmic. This documentation bug is
particularly troublesome because even in the best case, Wayland, there
is no UI hint for how to summon it, and it is difficult to discover.
There are several questions on Askubuntu and the answers that existed so
far show that basically no-one understood the whole story. (I added
answers just now)
For a more detailed description I refer you to my comment on the bug
report, "New On-screen keyboard cannot be manually triggered to appear":
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
shell/+bug/1760399/comments/10
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 18.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 9 22:47:11 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago)
** Summary changed:
- Incorrect description for summoning of new on-screen keyboard with Gnome 3.28
+ Incorrect description for activation of new on-screen keyboard with Gnome 3.28 (Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS) and 3.30 (Ubuntu Cosmic 18.10)
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Title:
Incorrect description for activation of new on-screen keyboard with
Gnome 3.28 (Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS) and 3.30 (Ubuntu Cosmic 18.10)
Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The docs give an incorrect description:
"The on-screen keyboard is automatically enabled if you use a touchscreen
1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Universal Access.
2. Click on Universal Access to open the panel.
3. Switch on Screen Keyboard in the Typing section.
When you next have the opportunity to type, the on-screen keyboard will open at the bottom of the screen."
-- https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/keyboard-osk.html
The Gnome 3.28 release notes say something different, but this is also incorrect:
"The new keyboard automatically activates when a text area is selected, ..."
-- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/
* It is not necessary to activate it in Universal access.
* The keyboard does not always automatically activate when selecting a text area.
* It can be summoned in Wayland by swiping up on a touch screen, but this does not work in the default X session. There is no known way to summon it in X if selecting a text widget does not automatically bring it up, which is a common situation.
The situation is still the same in Cosmic. This documentation bug is
particularly troublesome because even in the best case, Wayland, there
is no UI hint for how to summon it, and it is difficult to discover.
There are several questions on Askubuntu and the answers that existed
so far show that basically no-one understood the whole story. (I added
answers just now)
For a more detailed description I refer you to my comment on the bug
report, "New On-screen keyboard cannot be manually triggered to
appear": https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
shell/+bug/1760399/comments/10
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 18.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 9 22:47:11 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-15 (2185 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-08 (154 days ago)
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