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@chenx-dust chenx-dust commented Oct 11, 2025

Add Better Keyboard to Plugin Store

Add support for physical keyboards in the virtual keyboard overlay to leverage the built-in IME, emoji panel, and other related features. When a physical keyboard is connected, the QWERTY keyboard can be hidden automatically, providing a cleaner and more convenient experience for users who primarily using physical keyboard.

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  • I have verified that my plugin works properly on the Stable and Beta update channels of SteamOS.
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@chenx-dust Please fill out the Testing section of the PR template properly as noted in the Markdown comments in that section. You should also NOT be checking your own testing boxes.

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@github-actions github-actions bot added the plugin-addition Adding a plugin to the Plugin Store label Oct 15, 2025
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Your plugin is illegally licensed. You are allowed to MIT-license your edits, but you must include the BSD 3-Clause License from the plugin template at the bottom. Please include this beneath your MIT license.

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Switched to BSD 3-Clasue license with original author info.

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LGTM for testing

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Testing report: #880 (comment)

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honjow commented Oct 22, 2025

Plugin Testing Report

Installed Plugins

  • Better Keyboard - 0.2.2-a9d393f
  • CSS Loader - 2.1.2
  • Decky-Framegen - 0.11.15
  • EmuDecky - 1.0.2-1
  • ProtonDB Badges - 1.1.0

Specifications

  • SteamOS 3.7.15 (stable)
  • Steam 1759461205 (stable)
  • Decky 3.1.11 (stable)

Issues

Has the following major blocking issue(s): No
Has the following minor non-blocking issue(s): No

Summary

This plugin that is very useful for users who use a physical keyboard and input methods, solving the problem of input methods not working with a physical keyboard in game mode

@EMERALD0874 EMERALD0874 merged commit 9e18d05 into SteamDeckHomebrew:main Oct 22, 2025
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