Windows 10: Touch keyboard doesn't show up when set it to "when no keyboard attached"

I use my surface book 3 as a tablet sometimes and found the touch keyboard wouldn't pop up automatically when I tap on text fields. I have to open it manually from the taskbar. Another way to make this work is to change "show the touch keyboard" to "always", but I don't want it to show up even when the keyboard is attached. Is there anyway I can solve it?

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Windows 11 "Show the touch keyboard when there's no keyboard attached" no longer observed.

Hardware: Surface Go 2

Software: Windows 11 (22H2 OS Build 22621.963)

Issue:

After the Windows 11 22H2 update, the setting under "Settings" > "Time & Language" > "Typing" > "Touch Keyboard" > "Show the touch keyboard when there's no keyboard attached" is no longer being observed.

Symptom:

When the setting is turned off, and tapping on the screen the tablet keyboard comes up.

Scenarios:

1. With Surface Go 2 keyboard attached.
   
   1. Tapping on the screen in a document doesn't bring up the tablet keyboard. (Expected Behavior)
      
2. Without Surface Go 2 keyboard attached.
   
   1. Tapping on a document brings up the keyboard. (Not expected behavior)
      
3. Using a 2.4Ghz Keyboard with USB dongle.
   
   1. Tapping on document brings up tablet screen keyboard. (Not expected since there is a keyboard attached via USB).
      
4. Using a wired keyboard via USB.
   
   1. Tapping on document brings up tablet screen keyboard. (Not expected)
      

 

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.

 

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