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Virtual keyboards such as <i>squeekboard</i> are opening whenever a text field is selected.
Virtual keyboards such as <i>squeekboard</i> are opening whenever a text field is selected.


To disable this behavior under GNU/Linux running Phosh, you can run the following:  
To disable this behavior under Linux running '''Phosh''' you can change the corresponding settings under ''Settings'' > ''Accessibility'' > ''Screen Keyboard'' (see [https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=15789&pid=105152 here]). The virtual keyboard can also be disabled temporarily for one session using:  


To disable the virtual keyboard: <code>gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled false</code>
* To temporarily disable the virtual keyboard: <code>gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled false</code>


To enable the virtual keyboard: <code>gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled true</code>
* To temporarily enable the virtual keyboard: <code>gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled true</code>


The virtual keyboard needs to be activated before removing the keyboard case again, however this setting observed not to persist between reboots in pmos but be warned regardless that you do need a keyboard of some kind to log in.
The virtual keyboard needs to be activated before removing the keyboard case again.


A setting to disable the keyboard can be found in Settings -> Accessibility -> Screen Keyboard according to https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=15789&pid=105152
Under '''Plasma Mobile''' the keyboard can be disabled via a widget, see [https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=14789&pid=105077#pid105077 here].


The keyboard can be disabled in plasma via widget https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=14789&pid=105077#pid105077
In '''Sxmo''' disabling the keyboard is not required, as the keyboard will only shown when the corresponding hotkey button is pressed.
 
In sxmo keyboard disable is not needed, keyboard only shown when power pressed (X11 pmos and according to old documentation) or vol down pressed (wayland pmos, new default?)


== Keyboard layout ==
== Keyboard layout ==