Pop up virtual keyboard upon clicking on "Show Chat" on Deck about controlify

[MIOGMIOG]

I think this should be also implemented for windows (8+) and linux (not just steamOS)

[NyaomiDEV]

I think this should be also implemented for windows (8+) and linux (not just steamOS)

This is plain impossible to do. Windows does have a virtual keyboard to show up, but it's only invoked for touch displays and tablet mode, and it would be invoked as a separate window IIRC (subpar experience); Linux has a lot of different implementations for virtual keyboards (you cannot target them all), and it only makes sense to target SteamOS only, since that means targeting Steam Deck and similar consoles specifically.

The only way out would be to make a GUI for a keyboard right inside the game, that Controlify uses, but this comes with a lot of drawbacks: for example, Deck users can't use the dual touchpads to input text, which is a downgrade from what SteamOS does offer natively.

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Also, if you put Minecraft as a non-Steam game, theoretically you'd get the Steam virtual keyboard.

[MIOGMIOG]

I think this should be also implemented for windows (8+) and linux (not just steamOS)

This is plain impossible to do. Windows does have a virtual keyboard to show up, but it's only invoked for touch displays and tablet mode, and it would be invoked as a separate window IIRC (subpar experience); Linux has a lot of different implementations for virtual keyboards (you cannot target them all), and it only makes sense to target SteamOS only, since that means targeting Steam Deck and similar consoles specifically.

The only way out would be to make a GUI for a keyboard right inside the game, that Controlify uses, but this comes with a lot of drawbacks: for example, Deck users can't use the dual touchpads to input text, which is a downgrade from what SteamOS does offer natively.

Also, if you put Minecraft as a non-Steam game, theoretically you'd get the Steam virtual keyboard.

Yeah, I mean tablet mode in Windows, phone-like on screen keyboard opens when application wants text input. (But this doesnt work for minecraft)

[NyaomiDEV]

Yeah, I mean tablet mode in Windows, phone-like on screen keyboard opens when application wants text input. (But this doesnt work for minecraft)

It surely requires to have some native libraries built out specifically to support that. Minecraft doesn't have actual text boxes that Windows can see.]

EDIT: Just checked. It's like going to hell and back. Definitely not recommended.