KDE devs have been quietly working on Plasma Keyboard, a new on-screen keyboard for desktop and mobile part of the “We Care About Your Input” KDE Goals initiative. Although not ready for texting yet, it has been making progress. Hopefully it’ll be in a screen near you soon. Join the effort!
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-keyboard
“we care about your input” is 180 from gnome’s “you’re an idiot, and we know what’s best for you”. I think kde did this on purpose 😂. That’s why I never use anything else.