Windows 10: How to switch from touch screen to attached keyboard

how to switch from touch screen keyboard to external attached keyboard

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Add the Touch Keyboard Icon to the Action Center

Hi Doug,



Adding the touch keyboard on the items in Action Center is currently not available in Windows 10. However, you can change the settings to automatically show the touch keyboard when you use the device in tablet mode. If you'd like to do this, you can
follow these steps:

• Click on Start.
• Open Settings.
• Select Devices.
• Go to Typing.
• Under Touch keyboard settings, switch on Automatically show the touch keyboard in windowed apps when there’s no keyboard attached to your device.

If you want to provide a feedback or suggestion to Microsoft to have the touch keyboard available in Action Center, you can post it
here.

Let us know if the suggestion above works for you.

Keep us posted.

 

Touch screens

I can do 60 words per minute on my phone, perhaps more now as I've got used to the phone. ( htc desire z, using the stock onscreen keyboard)

Touch screen + predictive text I recon I could equal my keyboard typing speed. Maybe beat it depending on how advance the predictions are.

( hard to use predictive software on traditional keyboards as there is no way to quickly choose the suggested word, where as touch screen keyboards can have the suggested words appear above the function keys)

 

Use touch screen keyboard when manual keyboard is attached

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand your query related to using Touch Keyboard when the Manual Keyboard is attached.



Ideally, you can use the Touch Keyboard even when you are not on Tablet Mode. Kindly follow the steps mentioned below to enable Touch Keyboard.

1. Right click on an empty space on the
   Taskbar.
   
2. Now click on the option Show Touch
   Keyboard
   

Once you select the option you should be able to see the Touch Keyboard icon on the Taskbar. Refer the screenshot below:









Let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator