Hello, Not sure, but the automatic onscreen keyboard and virtuazl use should work correctly with an appropriate package like this : "xserver-xorg-input-evtouch" or a similar package... that I don't find until now, and depends of its Linux distribution. If you have an idea... thanks. André On Tuesday 07 April 2015 10:22:34 Thierry de Coulon wrote: > On Monday 06 April 2015 23.16:52 andre_debian@... wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Thanks for your answers. > > > > "kvkbd-trinity" works if I launch it (icon), > > (the keyboard is not very "practical" and not easy to use...) > > I'm afraid it's the best I found yet on Linux. It may depend on the version > you use (I've tried the one for Ubuntu 14.04) > > > With Windows-8, the onscreen-keyboard starts automatically > > when we need it. > > Yep, I guess W8 was conceived for touchscreens - which probably explains > why people seem not to like it on not-touch screens... > > > Maybe too with the Desktop KDE4 or Gnome... ? (I will try asap), > > and also testing the zoom with three fingers. > > I don't know how powerful is your machine, but on mine Gnome 3 is just > useless: slow and tiny scren fonts and touch surfaces. > > It does provide an on-screen keyboard, but just as with Unity the way it > appears and disappears is a mystery to me. > > What's more, the Unity and Gnome devs (I don't know for KDE 4) have found > intelligent to set the entry point for their windows in some "search" field > (apparently the "modern" way to look for applications). The result is that > the keyboard pops up, although you'd actually like to sweep with your > fingers... > > I've seen someting about a tool called "Touchegg". Seems to rely on QT4 but > be relatively UI-independant. Multi-fingers gestures seem possible. I'll > take a look. > > > Very difficult to have the perfection... :-) > > This is a very profound philosophical truth :)) > > > André > > I haven't yet had time to watch but here a Peter Larsen seems to have take > a large tour of Linux's touchscreen possibilities: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkV4Abyet3g > > Thierry