Windows 10 Touch Keyboard settings and tips
The Touch Keyboard in Windows 10 is a useful tool hat lets you type on touch devices, without having the need of any physical keyboard. It its not to be confused with the Windows Onscreen Keyboard, where you cannot use touch. In this post, we will see how to use, start, enable, disable the Touch screen keyboard, change its layout, disable it if the Touch keyboard icon keeps appearing in your taskbar, and what to do if the Windows 10 Touch Keyboard is not working.
Touch Keyboard in Windows 10
To turn on the Touch Keyboard, swipe in from the right edge to open the Charms bar. Tap Settings and then Keyboard. Next select Touch keyboard and handwriting panel. The keyboard will appear.
If you need regular and faster access, you can right-click on the taskbar > Toolbars > Touch keyboard. The touch keyboard icon will appear and sit in your taskbar near the notification area. Tapping it will make the touch keyboard appear.
Windows 10 touch keyboard offers three views or styles by default. To add a fourth – Standard Keyboard layout, visit PC Settings > PC and devices > Typing, and move the slider to activate Add the standard keyboard layout as a touch keyboard option. Here you can also enable or disable the following settings:
Playing of key sounds
Captitalize the first letter of each sentence automatically
Use all upercase when I double-tab.
Press the touch keyboard icon in the bottom right corner. You will see the four available layouts. The first one is thedefault layout.
The second one is the Thumb keyboard, which splits the keys on either side of the screen. You will find this view useful if you are standing, holding the device and need to type with both your thumbs.
The third one activates the Pen Input layout.
The fourth one, the Standard Keyboard layout.
A few Touch keyboard tips to get you started:
Turn Caps Lock on by double-tapping the Shift key.
Double-tap the Space bar to insert a full-stop and a space.
Tap the &123 key to switch to the numbers and symbols view.
Switch to and from the numbers and symbols view by pressing and holding the &123 key, tapping the keys you want, and then releasing it.
Tap tap the Emoticon key to see Emojis. Go here to see how to use colored Emoji on Windows 8.
Touch keyboard icon keeps appearing? Disable Touch keyboard
If your Touch keyboard icon keeps appearing in your taskbar every time you log on or reboot, you can if you wish to disable the Touch screen keyboard. To do this, Run services.msc to open Services Manager.
Change the Startup type of Touch keyboard and handwriting panel service from Automatic to Disabled.
Windows 10 Touch Keyboard not working
If your Touch Keyboard in Windows 10 is not working properly or if you think it has been set up incorrectly, try using theTouch Keyboard Troubleshooter from Microsoft and see if it helps you resolve your problem.
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