EntranceHow to make a virtual keyboard on a laptop. Screen keyboard
The Windows 7 On-Screen Keyboard is the keyboard that appears on the screen after launching it, and all the buttons on this image are clickable using the mouse or keyboard.
Rice. 1 Windows 7 on-screen keyboard with Alt key pressed
In the above picture, the Alt key is pressed, so it is highlighted in white.
Why do you need an on-screen keyboard when there is a regular keyboard?
- Firstly, the on-screen keyboard is needed for people with poor finger mobility or in the absence of several fingers.
- Secondly, it will help in the case when the buttons on a regular keyboard, of course, at the most inopportune moment, suddenly stop working, but you urgently need to finish an almost finished document.
- Thirdly, the on-screen keyboard is necessary if you have a tablet.
- Fourth, the on-screen keyboard is needed to protect against a keylogger that reads the password entered from a regular keyboard (a keylogger is a special program or hardware device that records every keystroke on a PC keyboard).
From the comments left on the site: “I used to write text and I can move the blinking line to enter text where I want, and now one day the right, left, down, up arrows just do not work. I didn't spill anything and everything should be fine. But the arrows are desperately necessary. What do you advise?"
If desperately, then you can connect an additional one to the laptop. This is done in the same way as connecting a USB flash drive to a laptop via. In addition, there is also the On-Screen Keyboard option, which we are now moving on to.
How to enable on-screen keyboard in Windows 7?
Consider 2 options for this.
1st option.
Windows 7 has a well-implemented search function, so let's use the search. Click on the Start button (Start), in the search field, enter "On-Screen Keyboard", a window appears:
Rice. 2 We are looking for the on-screen keyboard through Start - Search
As shown in the figure, now it is enough to click on the "On-Screen Keyboard" link and it will immediately appear on the monitor screen.
2nd option How can I enable the on-screen keyboard in Windows 7:
Start - Control Panel - Accessibility:
Rice. 3 We are looking for the Windows 7 on-screen keyboard through “Ease of Access”
We click on the link "Ease of Access Center" and we see the sentence "Turn on the on-screen keyboard":
Finally, you see the Windows 7 On-Screen Keyboard on the screen. You can make small adjustments by clicking on the "Settings" button, which is circled in red in the first figure in this article. The Options window appears:
Rice. 4 Windows 7 On-Screen Keyboard Options
In this window, you can set the position of the switch (red frame with the number 1), on which the work with the on-screen keyboard depends: by pressing the keys or hovering the mouse pointer over the keys.
On-screen keyboard is buggy
If suddenly the main keyboard does not really work on a laptop, then users remember the on-screen keyboard and begin to actively use it.
What should I do if the main keyboard does not work and at the same time the on-screen keyboard suddenly starts blinking and “buggy”? Then it makes sense to disable the main keyboard.
The fact is that the on-screen keyboard and the regular keyboard are interconnected, since you can enter characters from both one and the other. If the Ctrl key on the main keyboard is faulty, then Ctrl may also not work on the screen.
The on-screen keyboard sometimes interferes with work, the question arises:
To do this, in the upper right corner of the Windows 7 on-screen keyboard:
- you need to click on the button 1 (Minimize), after which it will be minimized to the Taskbar, from where it can be called again if necessary,
- or click button 2 (Close) and the on-screen keyboard program will be closed.
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The virtual keyboard is displayed as keys located on top of all windows and the desktop. To call it in the Windows 7 operating system, you must perform a certain sequence of actions. They will be discussed in this article.
Why support the on-screen keyboard?
Many users do not understand at all why Windows provides a function to display the on-screen keyboard. To understand why this function is used, let's turn to the reference material. The virtual keyboard is primarily designed for people who have no or immobile fingers. It can also be used in the event that a regular keyboard refuses to work.
In recent years, tablet computers have become very popular. You can connect peripheral devices to them using wi-fi or bluetooth. However, in the absence of a USB connector and a wireless connection, working with these devices would be terribly inconvenient if not for the on-screen keyboard. The virtual keyboard also helps protect your computer from keyloggers. These are malicious programs that read passwords entered from a regular keyboard and send them directly to attackers.
How to enable the on-screen keyboard?
You can use several methods to enable the virtual keyboard.
1. Search
In the latest versions of the Windows operating system, the search function is very conveniently implemented. To use it, just click on the "Start" button and enter the phrase "on-screen keyboard". After that click on the link above. The desired window will appear on the screen.
2. Using a key combination
The second way to call the on-screen keyboard is more efficient. All you need to do is press the key combination "Win" + "R". As a result, the Run window will appear. You must enter "osk.exe" or simply "osk" into it. Then press "Enter" or "Ok". If the window you want does not open after pressing the key combination, you will have to work a little. To get started, hover your cursor over the Start menu bar, then right-click on it and select Properties. In the right part of the window that opens, select "Settings" and click on it. After clicking, a window will appear in which you need to check the box next to the inscription "Run".
How to enable the on-screen keyboard if the regular one does not work?
You can open the on-screen keyboard using only the mouse. To do this, click on the "Start" menu, then select "Control Panel" and find the line "Ease of Access". As a result, a window called "Ease of Access Center" will open. Here, select "Enable virtual keyboard". As a result, keys should appear on top of all windows.
Sometimes, due to the activity of viruses and malware, it is not possible to enable the virtual keyboard from the control panel. Then you have to manually open the executable file. To do this, go to the path "C:\\Windows\System32\" and run the file "osk.exe".
Additional features and settings
To enable the virtual keyboard in the settings window, just follow these steps. Click on "Options" and select the hover reaction.
Disabling the on-screen keyboard
Perhaps after some time the need for the on-screen keyboard will disappear. This feature will become redundant. To disable it, you just need to click on the icons familiar to all Windows users located in the upper right corner of the virtual keyboard window. Select the cross to close the window completely, or the underscore character to minimize the window.
You can use the on-screen keyboard instead of the regular keyboard for typing and data entry. In this tutorial, we will learn how to enable the virtual keyboard (on-screen) in Windows 7.
The on-screen keyboard is displayed on the computer screen with all the standard set of keys. Only an additional digital block is missing. Follow the steps below to enable the virtual keyboard.
Step 1: Standard Group
We press the button Start. Expand the list in the menu that appears. All programs. In this list we find a group Standard and expand it:
Step 2 Accessibility
In a group Standard need to find the folder Special abilities and open it:
Step 3: On-Screen Keyboard
Now in a folder Special abilities find the component Screen keyboard and run it:
Screen keyboard
This is what the on-screen keyboard looks like in Windows 7.
Step 4Numpad
By default, the on-screen keyboard does not have a numeric keypad (numeric keypad). To turn it on, you need to press the button on the keyboard itself. Options. In the settings window that appears, check the box next to Enable numeric keypad:
After that, a number block (numeric keypad) will appear on our keyboard:
The virtual (on-screen) keyboard is an analogue of the physical keyboard, which is controlled by . This article will show you how to enable the on-screen keyboard on Windows 7, 8, as well as how to configure, use and start it, disable it when the OS boots.
The keyboard on the computer screen is necessary in such cases:
- there is no physical input device.
- The input device is not working properly or the keys are not working on it.
- Health problems holding back from normal input
How to turn on the keyboard on the computer screen
The launch file of the virtual input device is located in the System32 folder of the Windows directory and is called osk.exe, from here you can call the virtual keyboard, but few people will use such actions. There are enough ways to enable the on-screen keyboard on Windows 7, 8. Let's look at each of them in more detail.
Enabling virtual input device in Windows 7:
To configure the input format and other settings, click the "Settings" button. Here you can change the following settings:
- Audible Confirmation – Each press of the virtual keys will emit a beep.
- Enable numeric keypad - enables additional buttons on the right. With the help of it was made in the last article.
- Keystrokes - sets the input by clicking the left mouse button.
- Hovering over the keys - the character is entered when the mouse cursor is hovered over it, with the ability to select the hover duration.
- Scanning keys - selection of a range of buttons in one line across the entire width, then after pressing the selection keys, scanning takes place over the selected line in a smaller range until the required button is pressed. You can set the scanning speed.
- Text prediction - options allow you to suggest word options when typing the first letters and put a space after them.
After changing the parameters, do not forget to click OK.
I would also like to note that when you press Fn, the F1-F12 buttons appear in place of the numbers. When the numeric keypad is enabled, press Num Lock to access the numbers.
In Windows 7, 8, there are practically no differences in the on-screen keyboard, except that the number eight has a number of additional buttons for improved control. These are the Nav (move), Mv Up (up), Mv Dn (down), Dock (pin), Fade (disappear) buttons.
So we looked at all the ways to enable the on-screen keyboard on Windows 7, 8, as well as the startup process, disabling its startup. The virtual input device fully mimics the actions of the buttons on a conventional keyboard and can be customized to suit your needs.