[Feature Request] Optional Different Virtual Keyboard for Big Picture Mode

[Neko-san]

ISSUE
Navigating the old (and discontinued) Steam Controller virtual keyboard on non-Steam controllers can be difficult; I'd like to request that it be retained for existing users but that the default be switched to something like what the Steam Deck has for better ease of use for controllers.

OS
Windows 10.0.19042 Build 19042

STEPS
- Start Big Picture Mode
- Using a controller, open the Big Picture Mode web browser and find a text input field or play a game that requires you to input text
- Attempt to use the legacy virtual keyboard with a non-Steam Controller

RESULTS
The legacy virtual keyboard can be very difficult to use with non Steam Controllers.

DESIRED
The legacy keyboard should be back-seated and a Steam Deck-like (or THE Steam Deck) virtual keyboard should be made the new default for Big Picture Mode.

[Wolf Shadowheart]

I hope to find a way to get the Big Picture Mode keyboard on the Steam Deck.

[Neko-san]

@Wolf Shadowheart
It is technically possible but, in my experience, it doesn't work properly (on Arch Linux - which is funny because SteamOS 3 is Arch-based):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam#Steam_Deck_UI