Gnome OSK touchscreen

Hello,

I have been researching for a few days now about the on screen keyboard. I have a Surface running Kali (Debian). I’m using Gnome and Wayland (for touchscreen purposes). For the most part it works quite well.

However, sometimes I need to use the escape key, and there are some apps I would like to use that benefit from a numpad. I feel like Gnome should have some more robust keyboard customization. The escape key especially is an oft-used key. Is this something that will be implemented in the future? There are large grey boxes on either side of the keyboard, with the actual keys only occupying 50% of the space it takes up.

I have tried various extensions, none of which have worked, and I don’t think they’re up to date with current Gnome version.

Onboard works a little bit, but interferes with other windows. The default gnome keyboard is good in that regard.