Windows software glyph inputs: on-screen keyboard,
Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/09
- OSK.exe (on-screen keyboard) has been available for a very long time; it’s just a basic software keyboard (with optional numeric keypad)
- Emoji input (
Windows+.orWindows+;) - Touch keyboard is part of the Notification Area (often called Icon Tray), has various layouts including a “handwriting recognition” one
- It can be started automatically when you do not have a keyboard attached.
Note that Charmap.exe cannot select and copy Emoji, but it can do accented charcters.
Alternatively, you can install an international keyboard layout, but I have found out the hard way that fails in some combinations or remoting tools (sometimes including RDP).
I tried starting the Touch Keyboard through other means (like tabtip.exe), but those failed on the Windows 10 machines I tried.
Via:
- [Archive.is] site:wiert.me “osk.exe” – Google Search
- [WayBack] How to Open and Use Windows 10 Touch Keyboard | Password Recovery (note that
tabtip.exefails) - [WayBack] Shortcut to open Windows 10 On-Screen Keyboard (not OSK.exe) – Super User
press Windows+B to put focus into the notification area. After that change the focus to the keyboard button (with arrow keys) and press Enter
…
But nowadays to enter emojis and such just press Windows+. or Windows+;
- [Archive.is] Jen Gentleman 🌺 on Twitter: “Currently OSK is designed to replicate as if you were using a hardware keyboard, just with your mouse. The touch keyboard, however, has a large section of common Unicode characters to choose from. You can also press WIN+Period(.) and select from symbols there… “
- [Archive.is] Jeroen Pluimers on Twitter: “Various sources mention that the Touch Keyboard is started by running TabTip.exe, but that does nothing. Since I’m a pure-keyboard person (RSI and hypermobility syndrome make it hard to use pointing devices), I prefer keyboard-only solutions.… https://t.co/bgtpqqS1Yk”
- [Archive.is] Lars Fosdal on Twitter: “Does this help? … “
–jeroen
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