[SOLVED] No on-screen keyboard on the 7-inch local display?

[Nutul]

So I did a little InterWeb™ searching.

Found several Google documents which seemed to go in slightly different directions, so I tried this one first:

ExtensionInstallForceList

Here's what I came up with for installing xontab automagically.

Create the file /etc/chromium/policies/managed/xontab_forceinstall.json containing the lines shown here

Code:

pi@m812lcd:~ $ cat /etc/chromium/policies/managed/xontab_forceinstall.json
{
  "ExtensionInstallForcelist":
  [
    "pflmllfnnabikmfkkaddkoolinlfninn;https://clients2.google.com/services/update2/crx",
    "pflmllfnnabikmfkkaddkoolinlfninn"
  ]
}

I chose the filename arbitrarily. The 32-character string pflm... is the unique identifier for the xontab extension which I found in the Google Playstore (note it's embedded in the extension page's URL https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...olinlfninn).

I wrote this file into a freshly flashed moOde image and booted it on an RPi3B+ with official 7" LCD screen 

Eventually the LCD lit up with the browser window open to the xontab webpage  I touched the screen to open a new tab and chose m812lcd Player from the shortcuts. Voila! A moOde UI with virtual keyboard.

So, this installs the extension but there's still work to be done to get a full-screen UI with no annoying tabs, yada yada yada. It's a start.

Use and enjoy.

Regards,
Kent

Hi Kent,

what do you mean with "no annoying tabs"? That from the time the extension is installed the browser doesn't act like before, in window-size terms...?


Cheers, Al.