5.1 On-Screen Keyboard

The GNOME On-Screen Keyboard (GOK) application displays virtual keyboards on your desktop that you can operate using the standard mouse pointer or alternative pointing device. GOK displays the following types of keyboards:

• Compose keyboards that enable you to compose text. To type alphanumeric characters, you select the characters on the compose keyboard.

• Dynamic keyboards that GOK generates to reflect the applications that are currently running on the desktop. For example, GOK generates keyboards that contain keys to represent the applications that are running on your desktop or the menus that are contained in an application.

To start GOK, click Launch, then choose Applications -> Accessibility -> On-Screen Keyboard. For more information about the application, see the online Help for GOK.

5.1.1 Maximizing Terminal for GOK Users

If you are a GOK user, you cannot use the Terminal application in Full Screen mode because the Terminal window obscures the GOK display.

To resize the Terminal window for use with the GOK application, perform the following steps:

1. Do not enable the Full Screen mode in Terminal.

2. Give focus to the Terminal window.

3. Press F10 to maximize the application.