# Activating virtualKeyboard

**URL:** https://support.blue-systems.com/t/activating-virtualkeyboard/4785
**Category:** Netrunner Rolling
**Created:** [May 28, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/activating-virtualkeyboard/4785 "2019-05-28T19:17:51Z")
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### Author: ![butchcs](https://support.blue-systems.com/letter_avatar/butchcs/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@butchcs](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/butchcs)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/activating-virtualkeyboard/4785/1 "2019-05-28T19:17:51Z")

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Hello,

I use Linux more than 15 Years but installed KDE first time.  
I have an ASUS FlipBook with TouchScreen. After flipping the Notebook to Tablet Mode the phyisical keyboard turns off. The (Mouse)Touchpad works. No virtualKeyboard appears. The Touchscreen works on every Mode.

I installed QT5VirtualKeyboard. Now the virtual Keyboardappears at the login Screen. But after login I’m not able to start the VirtualKeyboard.

How can I start the Keyboard manually? as normal user at the Terminal.  
How can I setup the automatic startup after fliping to TabletMode and shut up the Touchpad. Or how can I setup an Icon in Taskbar.

I can’t find any easy information, have no experiences with Qt but can modify come cfg files .

Thanks for your helpings

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### Author: ![AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/user_avatar/support.blue-systems.com/ajslye/32/263_2.png) [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/activating-virtualkeyboard/4785/2 "2019-05-28T20:39:46Z")

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Did you enable (toggle) it from the system tray icon?

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### Author: ![butchcs](https://support.blue-systems.com/letter_avatar/butchcs/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@butchcs](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/butchcs)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/activating-virtualkeyboard/4785/3 "2019-05-29T03:49:05Z")

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There is no icon and no setting to activate in tray. The icon appaers only at the login after suspend. In first login after Boot also no icon available.

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### Author: ![leszek](https://support.blue-systems.com/user_avatar/support.blue-systems.com/leszek/32/13_2.png) [@leszek](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/leszek)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/activating-virtualkeyboard/4785/5 "2019-05-29T08:38:57Z")

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For now if you need the virtualkeyboard you can force it to work with Qt / KF5 based apps by executing  
`QT_IM_MODULE=qtvirtualkeyboard <programname>`