Translations:Using Fcitx 5 on Wayland/48/en

KDE Plasma

Best setup:

• KDE Plasma 5.27
• Environment variables:
  • Set XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx for XWayland application
  • Start fcitx5 by go to "System settings" -> "Virtual keyboard" -> Select Fcitx 5
  • Do not set GTK_IM_MODULE & QT_IM_MODULE & SDL_IM_MODULE . You could unset GTK_IM_MODULE & QT_IM_MODULE by runing im-config and then selecting do not set any IM from im-config and use desktop default"
  • Run chromium/electron application with --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-wayland-ime
• Caveats:
  • Certain Gtk/Qt application that only works under X11 may still need to set GTK_IM_MODULE or QT_IM_MODULE for them individually.
  • If you set GTK_IM_MODULE/QT_IM_MODULE globally, you will hit this issue Candidate window is blinking under wayland with Fcitx 5