A keyboard rendered on the screen as a substitute for a physical keyboard, often used for typing on a touchscreen or as an accessibility tool.
Questions tagged [on-screen-keyboard]
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Permanently remove/disable Touch Keyboard in Windows 8 taskbar?
I have Windows 8 (final, MSDN) on my Macbook Pro Retina.
Windows 8's ongoing, continuous tantrum of insisting that it's on a tablet device is causing it to always have a touch keyboard 'icon' on the taskbar.
The 'icon' is actually a toolbar and I…
DeepSpace101
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Windows utility to render which key I am pressing on-screen
I'm giving training to a large group of people remotely and will be covering a number of application shortcut keys.
I've seen MousePose's on-screen display of keystrokes; is there a way to get this same effect but for key presses?
I do not need…
richardtallent
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Disable Mac typing accent menu
In macOS v10.12 (Sierra), if I hold down the key, a menu of blue letters with accents and diacritical marks appears.
The prior behavior was to enter a string of the letters pressed liiiiiiiike thiiiiiis. How do I disable this menu, so I can type…
MountainMan
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Remove virtual keyboard from start up
When even I log into by Windows 7 PC the virtual keyboard starts up how can I disable this?
I deselected "On-Screen keyboard" from the Ease of Access selection found in the login screen.
RandomUser
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How do I silence onscreen Windows 8 "Touch Keyboard" key press sounds?
In windows 8 there is an onscreen keyboard that makes tapping noises for each key press.
How do I turn this off so I can type like a ninja?
George Duckett
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Why can't I Ctrl + Alt + Del on the On Screen Keyboard?
I have a Proline tablet running Windows 7 Professional. The client has added it to their domain, causing it to require Ctrl + Alt + Del to log in. They do not want to change this. If I plug a USB keyboard in, then the CAD combination works fine.…
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Windows 10 touch keyboard doesn't dock or 'maximize' at the bottom of the screen
I tried to find this answer by myself for 3 hours, but I failed. I need some help.
While I was using Windows 8 touch keyboard, I can click the maximize button from the touch keyboard, which makes the keyboard dock at the bottom of the screen (ie…
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How can I move the Windows 8 on-screen keyboard?
From the first look, it seems that the onscreen keyboard in Windows 8 cannot be moved from its default position at the bottom of the screen:
However, sometimes it obstructs the input field and should be repositioned (see iOS 5's screenshots for…
Vladimir Sinenko
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Windows 10 - how to prevent Microsoft Text Input Application from starting?
I Am trying to prevent Microsoft Text Input Application from starting. Process name: "TextInputHost.exe". I know it is behind an on-screen keyboard. But I don't use this! It starts nevertheless, after a Windows startup. I am on Windows 10 Pro x64…
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The Windows 10 onscreen keyboard does not launch automatically
I have a Acer w700 Windows tablet and I have installed Windows 10.
However the on screen keyboard is not launching automatically.
On Windows 8 when you tapped on something you could type into the keyboard pop up automatically, but I can't find where…
mehdi singer
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On-screen keyboard with function keys
Is there a way to add the function keys to the on-screen keyboard in Windows 7? If not, is there an alternative program that has the function keys?
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Disable Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard
I have a laptop with Windows 8. When I touch a text area, the on-screen keyboard pops up. I have a laptop. It has a physical keyboard. I don't need that. It's annoying.
I know which process to kill in order to stop it, TabTip.exe. I can manually…
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Disable On Screen Keyboard in Windows 7
I run Windows Embedded Standard 7 with a multi touch screen (running on the UPDD driver 4.01.10). The system is running an application in kiosk mode with no need for any other input device.
The On Screen Keyboard is disabled in the Ease of Access…
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is there an onscreen keyboard with key highlight?
In order to improve my typing skills, I am looking for an application providing an onscreen keyboard, whose keys would be highlighted when typed, allowing me to check my typing and memorize the keyboard layout without having to take my eyes off the…
wip
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On screen keyboard with a different language on ubuntu
I have a norwegian keyboard, but I want to be able to type in farsi/persian with on screen keyboard without changing the system locale.
Does anybody know of any software that does this?
I have tried xvkbd but it only shows in english.
Even if I…
Shervin Asgari
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