When using Wayland, the onscreen keyboard does not open in text inputs for non-GTK applications such as Firefox or Chrome

[Petr Olexa]

When using wayland - onscreen keyboard not open in text inputs in many applications such as firefox or chrome.

Ubuntu 18.04
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DisplayManager: gdm3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-09 (1455 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3+git20190124-0ubuntu18.04.2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
 TERM=xterm-256color
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-50.54-generic 4.15.18
Tags: third-party-packages bionic
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-50-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-31 (368 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 1831039

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Petr Olexa (olexap)]

apport-collect sent - but no update in this issue

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Try again?

  apport-collect 1831039

from the machine experiencing the problem.

[Petr Olexa (olexap)]

Sent again. What else can I do?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

If that doesn't work then please try opening a new bug via:

  ubuntu-bug gnome-shell

That will attach all the necessary information and then we can track the problem there.

[Petr Olexa (olexap)]

It's the same. Apport collects info - show all the info in window and after pres the "send" button it just closes and do nothing. In console no errors, just terminate.

It is possible to see that info in console instead of graphical window? Maybe somehow I can copy-paste the summary directly?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Please try this in a terminal window then:

  apport-cli -u 1831039

[Petr Olexa (olexap)]

apport information

[Petr Olexa (olexap)]

apport information

[Petr Olexa (olexap)]

apport information

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I wonder if this was an issue fixed in later versions already?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Is this still a problem?

[Efthimios Chaskaris (echaskaris)]

Umm, yes, but on Wayland, it works in x11.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I should have said:

Is this still a problem in 20.04?

[Efthimios Chaskaris (echaskaris)]

No, it works when using x11 in 20.04.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I really should have said:

Is this still a problem on Wayland in 20.04?

[Efthimios Chaskaris (echaskaris)]

Sry man

Yes, the OSK is not brought up automatically for non-Ubuntu apps when using Wayland.

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

Firefox uses GTK, but in a Wayland session it runs on XWayland, the same for Qt apps and Chrome, they run on XWayland in a Wayland session. That's a common factor.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Firefox does do some things differently to what I would refer to as an "GTK app" so I don't count Firefox as a GTK app even though it uses some GTK.

Using Xwayland may be a common factor but that's probably more of a correlation than causation. Anything that's not yet ported to native Wayland will fall into the same category and end up using Xwayland.

[Yuan-Chen Cheng (ycheng-twn)]

per test on jammy updated on 2022/03/28, wayland mode, OSK works fine with firefox snap (v98.0.2-1, r1154)

[bushido (olav-magi)]

In addition to not showing up automatically, the wrong text is selected.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I feel like that's a separate bug, but on the same critical path to getting the OSK working.