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Asked: 2011-10-30 15:48:53 +0800 CST

Keyboard shortcut to reveal onscreen keyboard

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Does someone know if it is possible to bind a command to a button which will reveal the onscreen keyboard? (Note: The onscreen keyboard has already be started.)

Currently when I want to reveal the onscreen keyboard, I have to click the keyboard icon in the tray bar. This is not very convenient mainly because the onscreen keyboard does not reveal itself when you are yet still focused on a text field. Hence I want to bind it to a button.

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    We can do that by creating a custom keyboard shortcut to the onscreen keyboard. The onscreen keyboard used in Ubuntu is Onboard.

    Search for Keyboard and move to Shortcuts tab. Go to Custom Shortcuts and click the + button. After that a small dialog box will appear. Give an appropriate name to the shortcut and enter onboard in the command box. Then, press Apply button.

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    After saving it, click on Disabled and hold down the new shortcut key that you want to assign to the command.

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    After that, pressing the keyboard combination will pop up the onscreen keyboard.

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