eta-keyboard

Qt Virtual Keyboard

eta-keyboard is an advanced virtual keyboard designed for UNIX-like systems, leveraging X11 keycode relations and server-client programming.

Major features include:

• Floating
• Fast
• Ability to change system-wide keyboard layout
• D-Bus interface accessible in session
• A11y support with the help of simple AT-SPI client eta-tif
• Full and tablet keyboard layout support
• EOE (Easy on Eyes) color themes
• Easy to configure with self-contained settings
• Support for 5 additional languages

Build

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/E-Tahta/eta-keyboard.git

Install build dependencies

sudo apt install build-essential libc6 libgcc1 libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5 libqt5network5 libqt5qml5 libqt5quick5 libqt5svg5-dev libqt5widgets5 libqt5x11extras5-dev libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxcb1-dev libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbcommon0 libxkbcommon-dev libxkbfile-dev libxtst-dev qtdeclarative5-dev

Build

cd eta-keyboard
mkdir build
cd build
qmake ../
make

Install Runtime dependencies

sudo apt install libqt5svg5 qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtquick2

Run

./eta-keyboard show

You can also test remote calling

sudo apt install qdbus-qt5
qdbus org.eta.virtualkeyboard /VirtualKeyboard org.eta.virtualkeyboard.toggle

Debian packaging

cd eta-keyboard
sudo apt install build-essential debmake debhelper git-buildpackage
sudo mk-build-deps -ir
gbp buildpackage --git-export-dir=/tmp/build-area -b -us -uc
cd /tmp/build-area