Preparation for the new SDDM theme simple sddm updated version

CHANGELOGS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## CHANGELOGS
 
+## 22 July 2025
+- Updated sddm theme and script to work with the updated simple_sddm_2 theme
+
 ## 17 July 2025
 - added quickshell script to replace ags for desktop overview
 

install-scripts/sddm.sh

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 # 💫 https://github.com/JaKooLit 💫 #
 # SDDM Log-in Manager #
 
-sddm=(
-  qt6-5compat 
+sddm=( 
   qt6-declarative 
   qt6-svg
+  qt6-virtualkeyboard
+  qt6-multimedia-ffmpeg
   sddm
 )
 

install-scripts/sddm_theme.sh

@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ if git clone --depth=1 "$source_theme" "$theme_name"; then
   # Move cloned theme to the themes directory
   sudo mv "$theme_name" "/usr/share/sddm/themes/$theme_name" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
 
-
   # setting up SDDM theme
   sddm_conf="/etc/sddm.conf"
   BACKUP_SUFFIX=".bak"
@@ -86,6 +85,21 @@ if git clone --depth=1 "$source_theme" "$theme_name"; then
     echo "Added [Theme] section with Current=$theme_name in $sddm_conf" | tee -a "$LOG"
   fi
 
+  # Add [General] section with InputMethod=qtvirtualkeyboard if it doesn't exist
+  if ! grep -q '^\[General\]' "$sddm_conf"; then
+    echo -e "\n[General]\nInputMethod=qtvirtualkeyboard" | sudo tee -a "$sddm_conf" > /dev/null
+    echo "Added [General] section with InputMethod=qtvirtualkeyboard in $sddm_conf" | tee -a "$LOG"
+  else
+    # Update InputMethod line if section exists
+    if grep -q '^\s*InputMethod=' "$sddm_conf"; then
+      sudo sed -i '/^\[General\]/,/^\[/{s/^\s*InputMethod=.*/InputMethod=qtvirtualkeyboard/}' "$sddm_conf" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
+      echo "Updated InputMethod to qtvirtualkeyboard in $sddm_conf" | tee -a "$LOG"
+    else
+      sudo sed -i '/^\[General\]/a InputMethod=qtvirtualkeyboard' "$sddm_conf" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
+      echo "Appended InputMethod=qtvirtualkeyboard under [General] in $sddm_conf" | tee -a "$LOG"
+    fi
+  fi
+
   # Replace current background from assets
   sudo cp -r assets/sddm.png "/usr/share/sddm/themes/$theme_name/Backgrounds/default" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
   sudo sed -i 's|^wallpaper=".*"|wallpaper="Backgrounds/default"|' "/usr/share/sddm/themes/$theme_name/theme.conf" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
@@ -97,5 +111,4 @@ else
   echo "${ERROR} - Failed to clone the sddm theme repository. Please check your internet connection." | tee -a "$LOG" >&2
 fi
 
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