Vboard - virtual keyboard customized for chromebooks converted to linux

Lucab · December 29, 2025, 9:59pm

I can’t find any way to attach the .py file, so please have a look here

Integrated layout editor

opened 05:38PM - 29 Dec 25 UTC

<img width="1022" height="709" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachme…nts/assets/f78ec806-0c05-464d-b60a-63eb08b9ddec" /> [vboard-mod.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24371564/vboard-mod.py) It's still me:) I did it for myself, after considering what you wrote regarding the multiple layouts choice. I sometimes happen to use devices with exotic keyboards and being able to easily adapt the virtual keyboard may be useful. In my opinion, since your keyboard mirrors the layout that the user has chosen for the physical keyboard (which is fine) if we let him the choice to edit the labels of any key with the letters or the symbols he needs (even non latin ones, like umlaut for german people and so on ) we can deliver the most flexible solution ever in virtual keyboards. And, if something goes wrong, he just has got to remove the config file. Here I have added a pencil which summons a very basic editor. It's not rocket science, but it just works. Bye. Edit: this code is better for US keyboards that do not have a key between shift and Z (while EU keyboard do have it) [vboard.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24371813/vboard.py) Edit 2: the latest version handles press shift and reveal the upper label (like ; and :) and the editor has been update to edit also such labels [vboard.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24372034/vboard.py)

I modified the original keyboard (not made by me) which I discovered yesterday by adding some features.

Here is the result. Works in wayland

Lucab · December 31, 2025, 1:03pm

Happy new yaer, see the video tomorrow. A small gift for people with kde plasma and a 2 in 1 device

The py code is here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pZiO3akiZWpq40IHysbI1r9e4i6mV9Ju/view?usp=drive_link