Soft Virtual keyboard
Use the Raspberry OS that we provide
- Do as following:
Use at yourself Raspbian OS
- Install the lib and update.On the Terminal, enter
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libfakekey-dev libpng-dev libxft-dev autoconf libtool -y
- Copy File:3.5LCDMatchbox-keyboard.zip to your Raspbian OS.On the LXTerminal, enter
cd matchbox-keyboard ./autogen.sh sudo make sudo make install sudo apt-get install libmatchbox1 -y sudo nano /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh And copy in the text below; #!/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
- sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh
sudo nano /usr/local/share/applications/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop Copy in this text; [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
- nano ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel
Find this section of config (it is near the bottom); Plugin { type = launchbar Config { Button { id=lxde-screenlock.desktop } Button { id=lxde-logout.desktop } } and change it to; Plugin { type = launchbar Config { Button { id=toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop } Button { id=lxde-screenlock.desktop } Button { id=lxde-logout.desktop } } Press the keyboard “Ctrl + X” ,then choice “Y”, Press the ”Enter” exit.
- On the LXTerminal, enter
sudo reboot After reboot ,you can enjoy the software keyboard