With a workaround you can use Onboard. You still need Maliit for the lock screen.

But yeah, the keyboard situation on KDE is abysmal. I've seen a little bit of movement on some of the Maliit bug reports. But nothing substantial yet.

On my Steam Deck I use Steam's keyboard most of the time, Onboard when I need special keys and Maliit for the lock screen.

you mean a virtual keyboard?

I use onboard in the rare occasions I need it; it has the modifiers of a physical keyboard

• https://launchpad.net/onboard
• https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/onboard/

i just broke the touchscreen by switching to kde so gnomes fine ig