{"id":336,"date":"2011-03-10T11:07:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T09:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2011-03-10T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T09:13:46","slug":"automatic-placing-of-onscreen-keyboard-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"Automatic placing of onscreen keyboard in linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

This guide is writte for my Acer 1825 but it should work on all linux devices which need a onscreen keyboard like onboard.<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>I got the idea of building this script from Tom\/drnessie<\/span><\/span> from the ubuntuforums<\/span><\/span>.org (http:\/\/ubuntuforums<\/span>.org\/showthread<\/span>.php<\/span>?t=1486671&page=17<\/span><\/a>), because he tried to make a improvement of my onscreen keyboard show\/hide script from this post.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ceh<\/span><\/span>-photo.de<\/span><\/span>\/blog\/?p=200<\/a><\/p>\n

He wants to place the onscreen keyboard on the bottom of the screen and shrink\u00a0accordingly the\u00a0active window .<\/p>\n

He uses wmctrl<\/span><\/span> but I used wmiface<\/span><\/span> like in this post\u00a0http:\/\/www.ceh<\/span><\/span>-photo.de<\/span><\/span>\/blog\/?p=265<\/a> (please check that post to get information about installing\/downloading wmiface<\/span><\/span>), because I am already comfortable with it. Maybe you could reach the same effects with wmctrl<\/span><\/span>….<\/p>\n

First two screenshots which shows you what my script does:<\/p>\n

First screenshot show my desktop before pressing the P-Button, second screenshot shows my desktop after pressing P-Button. After another press of the P-Button I will have again screenshot one conditions. This also works for portrait-mode<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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You could replace the old P-Button script from this post(http:\/\/www.ceh<\/span><\/span>-photo.de<\/span><\/span>\/blog\/?p=200<\/a>) with my new script.<\/p>\n

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#!\/bin\/bash<\/span>
\n#author: Christopher-Eyk Hrabia - http:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de - c.hrabia@gmail.com<\/span>
\n#PURPOSE:<\/span>
\n#This script places an arbitrary onscreen keyboard application at the bottom of the desktop and put the current active window above the keyboard in pseudo maximization<\/span>
\n#if script is run again, onscreen keyboard will be killed and old window configuration will be restored<\/span>
\n
\n
\n#CONFIGURATION<\/span>
\ntoppanelheight<\/span>=36<\/span> #right click preferences to get height of panel<\/span>
\nbottompanelheight<\/span>=36<\/span>
\nDEBUG<\/span>=""<\/span> # write DEBUG="1" for debug output<\/span>
\nTEMPFILE<\/span>=\/<\/span>tmp\/<\/span>OnScreenKeyboard.tmp
\nONSCREENKEYBOARDAPP<\/span>=onboard
\nONSCREENKEYBOARDHEIGHTSHRINKOFFSET<\/span>=50<\/span>
\n
\n#####################################################<\/span>
\n
\n#redirect stdin, stdout and stderr<\/span>
\n[<\/span> !<\/span> "${DEBUG}<\/span>"<\/span> ]<\/span> &&<\/span> exec<\/span>>\/<\/span>dev\/<\/span>null 2<\/span>>&<\/span>1<\/span> <\/<\/span>dev\/<\/span>null
\n
\n
\nrunning<\/span>=$(<\/span>pgrep $ONSCREENKEYBOARDAPP<\/span> |<\/span> wc<\/span> -l)<\/span>
\nif<\/span> [<\/span> $running<\/span> -gt<\/span> 0<\/span> ]<\/span> ;then<\/span> #kill keyboard reset old status<\/span>
\n     pkill $ONSCREENKEYBOARDAPP<\/span>
\n     
\n     #read old configuration<\/span>
\n     filecontent<\/span>=$(<\/span>cat<\/span> $TEMPFILE<\/span>)<\/span>
\n     
\n     #check if we have old configuration<\/span>
\n     if<\/span> [<\/span> -n<\/span> "$filecontent<\/span>"<\/span> ]<\/span>;then<\/span>
\n     
\n     set<\/span> `<\/span>echo<\/span> $filecontent<\/span>`<\/span>
\n     
\n     maximizedCur<\/span>=$1<\/span>
\n     sizeXcur<\/span>=$2<\/span>
\n     sizeYcur<\/span>=$3<\/span>
\n     xCur<\/span>=$4<\/span>
\n     yCur<\/span>=$5<\/span>
\n     winCur<\/span>=$6<\/span>
\n     
\n     #reset postion and size<\/span>
\n     wmiface setFrameGeometry $winCur<\/span> $xCur<\/span> $yCur<\/span> $sizeXcur<\/span> $sizeYcur<\/span>
\n     
\n     #if window was maximized bring it to former size<\/span>
\n     case<\/span> $maximizedCur<\/span> in<\/span>
\n     0<\/span>)<\/span>
\n     wmiface maximize $winCur<\/span> 0<\/span> 0<\/span>;;<\/span>
\n     1<\/span>)<\/span>
\n     wmiface maximize $winCur<\/span> 1<\/span> 0<\/span>;;<\/span>
\n     2<\/span>)<\/span>
\n     wmiface maximize $winCur<\/span> 0<\/span> 1<\/span>;;<\/span>
\n     3<\/span>)<\/span>
\n     wmiface maximize $winCur<\/span> 1<\/span> 1<\/span>;;<\/span>
\n     esac<\/span>
\n     fi<\/span>
\n     
\n     #remove old configuration<\/span>
\n     rm<\/span> $TEMPFILE<\/span>
\n     
\nelse<\/span> # show keyboard <\/span>
\n
\n####################################################<\/span>
\n#get resolution of desktop<\/span>
\nset<\/span> `<\/span>xrandr -q<\/span>|<\/span>sed<\/span> -n<\/span> 's\/.*current[ ]\\([0-9]*\\) x \\([0-9]*\\),.*\/\\1 \\2\/p'<\/span>`<\/span>
\nyreso<\/span>=$2<\/span>
\necho<\/span> Yreso $yreso<\/span>
\n
\n###################################################<\/span>
\n#get information about active window<\/span>
\n#get pointer of active window<\/span>
\nwinCur<\/span>=$(<\/span>wmiface activeWindow)<\/span>
\necho<\/span> $winCur<\/span>
\n
\n#get maximized status<\/span>
\n#0 for not maximized,<\/span>
\n#1 for maximized horizontally,<\/span>
\n#2 for maximized vertically or<\/span>
\n#3 for fully maximized.<\/span>
\nmaximizedCur<\/span>=$(<\/span>wmiface windowMaximized $winCur<\/span>)<\/span>
\n
\nwmiface maximize $winCur<\/span> 1<\/span> 0<\/span>
\n
\nset<\/span> `<\/span>wmiface frameSize $winCur<\/span> |<\/span> tr<\/span> 'x'<\/span> ' '<\/span>`<\/span>
\n
\nsizeXcur<\/span>=$1<\/span>
\nsizeYcur<\/span>=$2<\/span>
\necho<\/span> SIZECUR $sizeXcur<\/span> $sizeYcur<\/span>
\n
\n
\nset<\/span> `<\/span>wmiface framePosition $winCur<\/span> |<\/span> tr<\/span> '+'<\/span> ' '<\/span>`<\/span>
\n
\nxCur<\/span>=$1<\/span>
\nyCur<\/span>=$2<\/span>
\necho<\/span> PosCur $xCur<\/span> $yCur<\/span>
\n
\n#store setting of current window in tempfile<\/span>
\necho<\/span> $maximizedCur<\/span> $sizeXcur<\/span> $sizeYcur<\/span> $xCur<\/span> $yCur<\/span> $winCur<\/span> ><\/span>$TEMPFILE<\/span>
\n
\nyCur<\/span>=0<\/span>
\n
\n###########################<\/span>
\n#handle onscreen keyboard<\/span>
\neval<\/span> $ONSCREENKEYBOARDAPP<\/span> &<\/span>
\n#wait for process start and  get windowid<\/span>
\nwindow<\/span>=$(<\/span>wmiface findNormalWindows ""<\/span> $ONSCREENKEYBOARDAPP<\/span> ""<\/span> ""<\/span> 0<\/span> false<\/span>)<\/span>
\nwhile<\/span> [<\/span>[<\/span> $window<\/span> -eq<\/span> ""<\/span> ]<\/span>]<\/span>
\ndo<\/span>
\nwindow<\/span>=$(<\/span>wmiface findNormalWindows ""<\/span> $ONSCREENKEYBOARDAPP<\/span> ""<\/span> ""<\/span> 0<\/span> false<\/span>)<\/span>
\ndone<\/span>
\n
\n
\necho<\/span> WindowID $window<\/span>
\n
\nwmiface maximize $window<\/span> 1<\/span> 0<\/span>
\n
\nset<\/span> `<\/span>wmiface frameSize $window<\/span> |<\/span> tr<\/span> 'x'<\/span> ' '<\/span>`<\/span>
\n
\nsizeX<\/span>=$1<\/span>
\nsizeY<\/span>=$2<\/span>
\nsizeY<\/span>=$(<\/span>(<\/span>sizeY-ONSCREENKEYBOARDHEIGHTSHRINKOFFSET)<\/span>)<\/span>
\n
\necho<\/span> SIZE $sizeX<\/span> $sizeY<\/span>
\n
\nset<\/span> `<\/span>wmiface framePosition $window<\/span> |<\/span> tr<\/span> '+'<\/span> ' '<\/span>`<\/span>
\n
\nx<\/span>=$1<\/span>
\ny<\/span>=$2<\/span>
\n
\necho<\/span> Pos $x<\/span> $y<\/span>
\n
\ny<\/span>=$(<\/span>(<\/span> yreso-sizeY )<\/span>)<\/span>
\n
\n#####################################<\/span>
\n#place windows<\/span>
\n
\n#KEYBOARD<\/span>
\nwmiface setFrameGeometry $window<\/span> $x<\/span> $y<\/span> $sizeX<\/span> $sizeY<\/span>
\n
\n#set current window to wanted position<\/span>
\nsizeYcur<\/span>=$(<\/span>(<\/span> yreso-sizeY-toppanelheight - bottompanelheight )<\/span>)<\/span>
\n
\nwmiface setFrameGeometry $winCur<\/span> $xCur<\/span> $yCur<\/span> $sizeXcur<\/span> $sizeYcur<\/span>
\n
\nfi<\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n

To get a well looking result you need to change the configuration at the top of the script. It is important that you set the correct height of your bottom and top panel of you desktop. You could get this information by right click on panel and choosing properties. more over you could define how many pixels are subtracted<\/span> from the start height of your onscreen keyboard application (ONSCREENKEYBOARDHEIGHTSHRINKOFFSET). Moreover you could choose another onscreen keyboard application by replacing onboard<\/span><\/span> in\u00a0ONSCREENKEYBOARDAPP.<\/p>\n

This script stores the current appearance settings of the current visible application and after the closing of the onscreen keyboard it recovers the old settings.<\/p>\n

In general this script should work on all screens , \u00a0linux<\/span><\/span> desktops and distributions \u00a0which are supported by wmiface<\/span><\/span> (At least GNOME, KDE).<\/p>\n

I hope somebody like that script! Give it a try!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This guide is writte for my Acer 1825 but it should work on all linux devices which need a onscreen keyboard like onboard. I got the idea of building this script from Tom\/drnessie from the ubuntuforums.org (http:\/\/ubuntuforums.org\/showthread.php?t=1486671&page=17), because he tried to make a improvement of my onscreen keyboard show\/hide script from this post. http:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/?p=200 He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,46],"tags":[56,63,64,40,72,71,58,57,70,65],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it","category-linux-it-2","tag-acer-1825","tag-gnome","tag-kde","tag-linux","tag-onboard","tag-onscreen-keyboard","tag-touchscreen","tag-ubuntu","tag-wmctrl","tag-wmiface"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceh-photo.de\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}