Windows 10: On-Screen Keyboard: Home and End Buttons- Where Are They? Can I Use it in not-Tablet Mode?

Hey everybody, I was wondering if there is a way to maybe customize the on-screen keyboard to include the keys you prefer; I personally appreciate the Home and End keys greatly on the hardware keyboard.

Also, is there a way to make the touch keyboard come up in non-Tablet mode?

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On screen keyboard not working in Windows 10 tablet mode

Hi Gary,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Let me help you.



I suggest you to perform the following troubleshooting steps and check if it helps. Follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• 
  Right click on the Task bar and select ShowTouch Keyboard Button.
  
• 
  Open the Keyboard and close it (just to check if it’s working).
  
• 
  Next click on Action center and select
  Tablet Mode.
  
• 
  Once you are in Tablet mode, again Right click on the
  Task bar and select Show Touch Keyboard Button.
  
• 
  Open the Key board and check if it’s working in Tablet mode. Next check if it’s available on the task bar in both desktop and tablet mode.
  

Hope this information is helpful. For any further query, feel free to contact us.

 

Make the keyboard to open automatically when switching on tablet mode, and enabling Swift-key keyboard

Hi John,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you want to make the keyboard open automatically whenever the tablet mode on PC is turned on.



However, currently the feature is not available to open the keyboard automatically in tablet mode. I suggest you to provide your valuable feedback using the

feedback hub app on Windows 10, as this feature can be very useful for others also.



Also, the difference between touch keyboard and on-screen keyboard is that, on-screen keyboard will be available in both desktop mode and tablet mode. However, touch keyboard will only be available when the PC is switched to tablet
mode.



To turn on the swift key keyboard, you can follow the steps mentioned below.

1. Go to Settings >
   Devices > Typing.
   
2. Scroll down and click on
   Suggestions and auto-corrections.
   
3. Now toggle the switch to
   On for the respective language you want to use the Swift-key keyboard.
   

Once the button is toggled for the language, you will be able to use the Swift-key keyboard by clicking on the touch keyboard button on the bottom right corner of the taskbar.



For additional information you can refer the article

Windows 10 Tip: SwiftKey.



Hope it helps.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

How to get the on-screen keyboard to pop up in tablet mode

In tablet mode the on-screen keyboard rarely pops up when touching a text input field, and there is no task bar and no touch keyboard icon. What is the point of tablet mode if I can't use it as a tablet? Touch functionality took 3 steps back in Win10.
compared to 8.1.