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How to Enable Tablet Mode On-Screen Keyboard as Default

Summary: Learn how to set the tablet mode on-screen keyboard as your default keyboard when no physical keyboard is connected, even with tablet mode turned off.

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Instructions

Affected Products:

  • Latitudes
  • Precision Mobile Workstations

By default, the on-screen keyboard is disabled in Windows and must be enabled through accessibility settings.

How to enable on-screen keyboard through accessibility settings
Figure 1: (English Only) How to enable on-screen keyboard through accessibility settings

There is also a tablet mode keyboard that is by default only enabled when switching to tablet mode. Users can enable the tablet mode keyboard to be the default on-screen keyboard when there is no keyboard attached to the computer.

To enable the tablet mode keyboard as the default on-screen keyboard, follow these steps below:

  1. Search for Typing in Windows search.

Search for Typing in Windows search

Figure 2: (English Only) Search for Typing in Windows search

  1. Once Typing settings is open, scroll down to Touch keyboard.
  2. Enable Show the touch keyboard when not in tablet mode and there is no keyboard that is attached.

Turn on Show the touch keyboard when not in tablet mode and there is no keyboard that is attached

Figure 3: (English Only) Turn on Show the touch keyboard when not in tablet mode and there is no keyboard that is attached

 

Additional Information

Article Properties


Affected Product

Latitude, Mobile Workstations

Last Published Date

13 Feb 2024

Version

12

Article Type

How To