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Bug 788983 - html form does not trigger virtual keyboard on a touch linux laptop
html form does not trigger virtual keyboard on a touch linux laptop
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Interface
3.22.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-10-14 12:49 UTC by Frédéric Parrenin
Modified: 2017-10-15 18:20 UTC
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Description Frédéric Parrenin 2017-10-14 12:49:06 UTC 
I have a debian 9 laptop with a touchscreen.
When I touch the address bar in epiphany, it does trigger the virtual keyboard.
But when I touch a html form (e.g. www.google.com), the virtual keyboard does not appear.
Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2017-10-14 23:16:28 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This issue is most likely a bug in WebKit. Please report the bug to https://bugs.webkit.org/ including a link to this bug report and noting the version of WebKitGTK+ that you have installed. When reporting the WebKit bug, be sure to include the prefix '[GTK]' in the bug summary and select the 'WebKit Gtk' component.