Windows 10: The on screen keyboard does not open automatically

After I update windows 11 to windows 11 22h2, when I click on any field to type, the on screen keyboard does not open, I use touchscreen only, i have to open it manually from task bar, how to solve this problem ?

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On-screen keyboard

Hi Chris, my name is Max and I'm an independent advisor.

I suggest that you run the automatic troubleshooter to diagnose and fix issues that you can encounter with your On-Screen Keyboard. Do the following steps, please:

Start menu -choose Settings (the gear icon)

Select Update & Security, and then select Troubleshoot.

Find Keyboard on the list.

Click on it, and click the ‘Run the troubleshooter’ button.

 

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

 

On-Screen Keyboard bug changes foreground window

This On-Screen Keyboard bug changes the current foreground window.

Steps:

1. Open Edge and notepad and maximize them (never minimize them)
2. Select notepad by clicking on it in taskbar (it's now on top)
3. Open the On-Screen Keyboard (in Windows Ease of access)
4. Type a few characters into notepad with the On-Screen Keyboard
5. Minimize the On-Screen Keyboard
6. Select Edge by clicking on it in taskbar (it's now on top)
7. Restore the On-Screen Keyboard by clicking on it in taskbar and use it to type into Edge

Result:

Notepad is now on top

Expected result:

Edge remains on top i.e. the On-Screen Keyboard maintains the current foreground window in which you intended to type.

History:

This superuser Q&A contains links to this bug being reported in windows 8, windows 7 and claims it goes back 17 years to Windows XP.

Workarounds:

Kill the On-Screen Keyboard every time instead of minimizing it. The bug occurs because the On-Screen Keyboard fails to keep track of the current foreground window while minimized.

Patch out the SetForegroundWindow call from the On-Screen Keyboard binary as described in the superuser link above.

Wait 17 more years for Microsoft to fix it.

Tell user to stop being disabled.