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In this issue, the editor will bring you about how to install and load the Florence screen keyboard in Linux. The article is rich in content and analyzes and describes it from a professional point of view. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

In the operation of Linux system, in order to increase the security of the system, we can use on-screen keyboard and mouse to operate. So how does Linux use the on-screen keyboard? In fact, there are a lot of software can open the screen keyboard, along with the editor to learn it.

There are several open source keyboard software available in Linux, such as GOK (Gnome's on-screen keyboard) and kvkbd,onboard,Florence.

I will focus on Florence in this tutorial, showing you how to set up an on-screen keyboard with Florence. Florence has the characteristics of flexible layout scheme, various input methods, automatic hiding and so on. As part of the tutorial, I will also demonstrate how to use only the mouse to manipulate the Ubuntu desktop.

Install the Florence on-screen keyboard in Linux

Fortunately, Florence exists in the base repository of most Linux distributions.

In Debian,Ubuntu or Linux Mint:

$sudo apt-get install florence

In Fedora,CentOS or RHEL (EPEL repository is required for CentOS/RHEL):

$sudo yum install florence

In Mandriva or Mageia:

$sudo urpmi florence

For Archlinux users, Florence exists in AUR.

Configure and load on-screen keyboard

When you have installed Florence, you can simply type the following command to load the on-screen keyboard:

$florence

By default, the on-screen keyboard is always on top of other windows, allowing you to type on any active window.

Click the tool button on the left side of the keyboard to change the default configuration of Florence.

In Florence's "style" menu, you can customize the keyboard style to enable / disable sound effects.

In the window menu, you can adjust the keyboard background transparency, key opacity, and control the keyboard scale, toolbar, size, and always top features. If your desktop resolution is not very high, transparency adjustment is very useful because the on-screen keyboard will block other windows. In this example, I switched to a transparent keyboard and set the opacity to 50%.

In the behaviour menu, you can change the input method. Florence supports several different input methods: mouse (mouse), touchscreen (touch screen), timer (timer), and walk (ramble). Mouse input is the default input method. The last two input methods do not need to press the mouse button. The timer input triggers the key by holding the pointer on the key for a certain period of time. The principle of walking input is similar to that of timer input, but after training and dexterity, it can be faster than timer input.

In the layout menu, you can change the keyboard layout. For example, you can expand the keyboard layout to add navigation keys, number keys, and function keys.

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