[2.1.9] Text input is making UI unresponsive on Steam Deck

[zbysiusiekiera]

Hi, I've wanted yo try out the experimental version on my latest save and noticed that Steam Deck virtual keyboard started appearing when I was selecting a constant for some circuit condition in agricultural tower, while I am playing with keyboard and mouse. I switched to desktop mode and certain UI dialogs are unresponsive.

For example if I want to set when to enable harvesting and I click on left button to pick the signal, the new menu works fine. You can see that spidertron details are shown.

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But when I click on right button to define constant, the whole menu is not responsive to mouse button. I can't click on any signal, tab, slider, "Set constant" button, drag the menu. But the focus on text input allows me to set a value via keyboard. Just the mouse does not work. Below the cursor is again hoovering on spidertron but cursor is removed from screenshot...

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Then I noticed that this problem occurs on any menu which has a focus on some text input, like Save menu. I believe it has something to do with Steam Deck virtual keyboard, which is disabling the mouse cursor. On game mode I can close the virtual keyboard and it seems to work fine, but on desktop mode there is no virtual keyboard to close so I am stuck.

if I switch version from experimental to stable there is no problem with UI, thus I am raising it as a bug.

[Trainzack]

I'm also playing on Steam Deck, and I also switched from game mode to desktop mode for the same issue. (I've reported the onscreen keyboard issue here: 134633).

However, I've not been able to reproduce the issue you've described here. Log file attached.

Edit: Between your log and mine, I do see some differences in the logged environment variables. That seems likely to be related.

[Mcdt2]

Experiencing this same issue in desktop mode. It affects not just in-game menus, but also the Mod portal and searching in settings.

EDIT: Updating SteamOS and Steam resolved the issue.

[zbysiusiekiera]

I can confirm that update of SteamOS (and maybe SteamDeck firmware) fixed the issue. This can be closed.

[Rseding91]

Glad it’s working now.