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Set On Screen Keyboard initial position according to mouse again on desktop mode

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10684 · opened 2024-03-27 by Managor · updated 2025-10-03 · 1 comments · github
MManagor 2024-03-27 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: 1711147596
  • SteamOS version: 3.5.17
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Opted into SteamOS beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Demonstrative video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLHln1MfIF8
The Deck On Screen Keyboard used to act so that depending if your mouse was at the top of at the bottom, the OSK would spawn in the opposite side of the screen. It was very convenient for selecting the text field and then opening the OSK without it appearing right on top of where you were going to write. I think it was around the 10 Feb, 2023 patch where this feature got removed and replaced with a static selection.
I previously reported this on the Steam Forums https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/1/3806153359230983465/

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Select a textbox you intend to write in
  2. Open the OSK

Result

Depending on the text box location it might spawn on what you were trying to type in and block your view

Expected

Return the option to allow the OSK to spawn depending on where the mouse is.

MManagor 2025-10-03 github

I still wish to have the context sensitive keyboard location back

Nothing extracted yet.