Navigation:  Options > On-Screen Keyboard

The on-screen keyboard can be used as a keyboard shortcut reference. Specify the appearance parameters for the keyboard to be shown only when you need it.

 

Keyboard type – select the keyboard type: the location, type and size of keys.

 

Lock – prevent the keyboard from moving.

 

Show while holding down the key – show the keyboard only if you hold down one of the selected keys: Shift, Ctrl, Alt or Win.

 

Appearance delay (msec) – the delay between the moment the control key is pressed and the moment the on-screen keyboard appears.

 

Auto Hide – hide the keyboard after the time specified in the Disappearance delay field expires.

 

Disappearance delay (msec) – the delay between the last time a key is pressed and the moment the on-screen keyboard disappears.

 

Show On-Screen Keyboard next to the text entry area when possible. Some applications draw the text cursor in their own way and do not provide information about its position: Firefox, OpenOffice, CorelDRAW, etc. In this case the keyboard will be shown in the bottom of screen.

 

Show On-Screen Keyboard when the text cursor is visible – The on-screen keyboard appears when the cursor is placed inside a text field. Some applications draw the text cursor in their own way and do not provide information about its state. In this case you can call the keyboard by pressing a hotkey or click the keyboard icon. Also you can install Browser Extension.

 

Extensions – You can install browser extension for the on-screen keyboard to appear when the cursor is placed inside a text field. The process is simple: the extension add keyboard-related information to the browser caption and the program monitors it for changes.

 

Docking – you can dock the keyboard at the top or bottom of the display. When you dock the keyboard, the desktop workspace will be reduced in size. Other application windows and desktop icons will be rearranged to adjust to change.

 

 

Advanced

 

Move the keyboard to a screen border – when an on-screen keyboard is shown, it is automatically moved to the specified screen border even if it had been moved elsewhere.

 

Animate the launch of the on-screen keyboard – when the keyboard is started, it appears on the screen by sliding up or down from under the specified screen border. When the keyboard is closed, it slides under the specified border.

 

Type characters when keys are released – if you enable this option, characters will be typed when you raise your finger from the surface of a touch screen or release the mouse button. In the regular typing mode, key values are inserted as you type, just like with a regular keyboard. Especially useful in combination with the following setting.

 

Show a tip over a pressed character key – if you press a key, a small window with an enlarged version of the corresponding character will pop up. Especially useful in combination with the previous setting.

 

Show key characters in the UPPER CASE – when this option is enabled, key characters are displayed in the upper case regardless of the state of the Shift and CapsLock keys.

 

Mouse pointer - there are three types of pointer: Standard (Arrow), Hand and Invisible.