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virtual-keyboard

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I have realized I need some sort of virtual keyboard so that I can type different alphabets faster with UK keyboard layout.

I have been inspired by this website in my trilingual language journey.

screenshot

Dependencies

  • Python (>=3.12) download here
  • GTK (>=4) download here
  • Sarabun font download here

Run with python

uv sync
python ./keyboard.py

Or roll your own binary

uv sync --all-extras --dev
uv run pyinstaller keyboard.spec
./dist/keyboard

Linux Binaries

Grab the binary from releases for your OS then rename it to virtual-keyboard and move to /usr/local/bin

Create the virtual-keyboard.desktop in /usr/share/applications and copy the contents of this desktop file

FAQs

  • Do you plan to add more languages?

We can consider as long as we don't break existing languages, I will not support chinese or japanese due to the complexity it brings.

  • Why Python?

Safest way to touch GTK and not become a sociopath even if python binding is not feasible and has no docs.

  • Why GTK?

I use GNOME so I wanted to feel the native experience even though I hate every library GLib ecosystem produce in raw complex macro-maniac C

  • Will you support GTK3 or Python 2.7?

No, please use up-to-date software

TODOs

  • Design the layout for buttons with label size and color
  • Finish the text area input implementation with Gtk.Entry
  • Add sub-menu to pick target languages
  • Key Event presses follows target language mapping
  • Port it to GTK 4

References