Onboard is an onscreen keyboard useful for tablet PC users and for mobility impaired users.
It has been designed with simplicity in mind and can be used right away without the need of any configuration, as it can read the keyboard layout from the X server.
Once running, Onboard provides a D-Bus service at the bus name ‘org.onboard.Onboard’, that allows other processes to control the keyboard window.
Onboard is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Support of custom layouts through the use of xml and svg files.
- Support of custom themes for the appearance through the use of xml files.
- Support of macros to automatically type custom defined texts.
- Support of + combination.
- Toggling mouse buttons to perform right clicks with the left mouse button.
- Control of the hover click feature provided by the system.
- Minimizing the keyboard to the panel, a trayicon, or a floating icon.
- Docking.
- XEmbedding.
- Support for scanning.
Website: launchpad.net/onboard
Support:
Developer: Chris Jones, Francesco Fumanti, Gerd Kohlberger, marmuta and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Onboard is written in Python and C. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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