Florence is an open source extensible scalable virtual keyboard for GNOME.
You need this software if you are unable to use a real hardware keyboard, for example because you are disabled, your keyboard is broken or because you use a tablet PC, but you need to be able to use a pointing device (such as a mouse, a trackball, a touchscreen or opengazer).
Florence is primarily intended to be used with the GNOME desktop, although it can be used on any desktop environment.
Key Features
- Easy to use and intuitive.
- 4 different input methods:
- Mouse which is adapted for mouse/trackpad input.
- Touch method which is adapted for touch screen input.
- Timer-based auto-click input method which is used if the user cannot use a button.
- Ramble method.
- Auto-hide mode.
- Transparency.
- Run Florence as an applet.
- Highly configurable.
Website: florence.sourceforge.net
Support: Documentation
Developer: François Agrech and others
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Florence is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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