Difference between revisions of "How to install Soft Keyboard"
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sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh </pre> | sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh </pre> | ||
+ | 5. Add script above to Start menu | ||
+ | <pre style="border: 1px dashed black;color:black;width: 100%"> | ||
+ | sudo nano /usr/share/applications/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | Paste the following content, press Ctrl + X and Y, to save then exit | ||
+ | <pre style="border: 1px dashed black;color:black;width: 50%"> | ||
+ | [Desktop Entry] | ||
+ | Name=Toggle Matchbox Keyboard | ||
+ | Comment=Toggle Matchbox Keyboard | ||
+ | Exec=toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh | ||
+ | Type=Application | ||
+ | Icon=matchbox-keyboard.png | ||
+ | Categories=Panel;Utility;MB | ||
+ | X-MB-INPUT-MECHANSIM=True </pre> | ||
+ | 6. Create an icon on the taskbar | ||
+ | (Note that in this step, must be "pi" user privileges, if you use administrator privileges, will not find the file) | ||
+ | <pre style="border: 1px dashed black;color:black"> | ||
+ | nano ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel </pre> | ||
+ | 7. Find the resembles similar to the following command (default content may be different in different Raspberry Pi versions) | ||
+ | <pre style="border: 1px dashed black;color:black;width:100%"> | ||
+ | Plugin { | ||
+ | type=launchbar | ||
+ | Config { | ||
+ | Button { | ||
+ | id=/usr/share/applications/lxde-x-www-browser.desktop | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | Button { | ||
+ | id=/usr/share/raspi-ui-overrides/applications/pcmanfm.desktop | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | Button { | ||
+ | id=/usr/share/raspi-ui-overrides/applications/lxterminal.desktop | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | Button { | ||
+ | id=/usr/share/applications/wolfram-mathematica.desktop | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | Button { | ||
+ | id=/usr/share/applications/wolfram-language.desktop | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | } </pre> | ||
+ | Add the following code to add an icon item | ||
+ | <pre style="border: 1px dashed black;color:black;width:100%"> | ||
+ | Button { | ||
+ | id=toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop | ||
+ | } </pre> | ||
+ | After modifying, would show as below: | ||
+ | [[File:Soft_Keyboard-03.png|750px]] |
Revision as of 15:07, 19 May 2018
语言选择(Language): | 中文 | EN |
How to install Soft Keyboard:
This installation tutorial uses "2016-05-27-raspbian-jessie" version for testing. If use wheezy or earlier image, then the step5 and step6 have different file paths, please refer to the virtual-keyboard official installation tutorial for specification. Official reference address (English)http://ozzmaker.com/virtual-keyboard-for-the-raspberry-pi/
1. Install the necessary files
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libfakekey-dev libpng-dev libxft-dev autoconf libtool
2.Install the matchbox-keyboard
git clone https://github.com/mwilliams03/matchbox-keyboard.git cd matchbox-keyboard ./autogen.sh
(Note: "./ autogen.sh" execution takes a few minutes, and would show as follows after running correctly; if it doesn’t show as follows, then need to check to see if there are error Popup Window prompt) Continue:
sudo make sudo make install
3. Install the shared data library for matchbox-keyboard
sudo apt-get install libmatchbox1
As following: 4. Create a virtual keyboard startup script
sudo nano /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh
Paste the following, press Ctrl + X and Y, to save then exit
#!/bin/bash #This script toggle the virtual keyboard PID=`pidof matchbox-keyboard` if [ ! -e $PID ]; then killall matchbox-keyboard else matchbox-keyboard -s 50 extended& fi
Add executable permission for the script above
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh
5. Add script above to Start menu
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop
Paste the following content, press Ctrl + X and Y, to save then exit
[Desktop Entry] Name=Toggle Matchbox Keyboard Comment=Toggle Matchbox Keyboard Exec=toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh Type=Application Icon=matchbox-keyboard.png Categories=Panel;Utility;MB X-MB-INPUT-MECHANSIM=True
6. Create an icon on the taskbar (Note that in this step, must be "pi" user privileges, if you use administrator privileges, will not find the file)
nano ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel
7. Find the resembles similar to the following command (default content may be different in different Raspberry Pi versions)
Plugin { type=launchbar Config { Button { id=/usr/share/applications/lxde-x-www-browser.desktop } Button { id=/usr/share/raspi-ui-overrides/applications/pcmanfm.desktop } Button { id=/usr/share/raspi-ui-overrides/applications/lxterminal.desktop } Button { id=/usr/share/applications/wolfram-mathematica.desktop } Button { id=/usr/share/applications/wolfram-language.desktop } } }
Add the following code to add an icon item
Button { id=toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop }