Wkeys is an on-screen keyboard for Wayland desktops written in Rust using GTK-rs. It provides a configurable virtual keyboard for compositors supporting the Wayland virtual keyboard and wlr-layer-shell protocols.
The project also includes a COSMIC applet which lets users access Wkeys from the desktop panel or dock.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides an on-screen keyboard for Wayland desktops.
- Supports custom keyboard layouts defined in TOML.
- Offers CSS-based visual styling.
- Handles modifier and special keys.
- Supports IPC messages for controlling the application.
- Includes a dedicated COSMIC desktop applet.
- Written in Rust using GTK-rs.
Website: github.com/ptazithos/wkeys
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Developer: Tai Zeming
License: MIT License
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