For programming questions about creating or using an on-screen keyboard (a virtual keyboard displayed on the screen), including osk.exe included with Windows.
Questions tagged [on-screen-keyboard]
256 questions
3
votes
2 answers
Hidden navigation bar in xamarin forms shows up when on screen keyboard comes up on Android
For a project the bottom navigation bar in an android app needs to be not visible.
Found this code on browsing around and it works initially:
This is some code in MainActivity.cs
protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
…

Gert Hermans
- 769
- 1
- 9
- 30
3
votes
0 answers
How to use IFrameworkInputPaneHandler when program runs under elevated privileges
I'm having problems when a program that should receive notifications about Input Pane (the on-screen keyboard showed by TabTip.exe on Windows) runs under elevated privileges. In this situation, no notifications are received.
My code implements…

L100
- 31
- 2
3
votes
1 answer
UWP unable to enter data in textbox in webview with custom OSK
I have an angular app running in webview and a custom OnScreen Keyboard(OSK) in uwp. I am unable to enter data in the textbox present in webview using the custom OSK though it is working fine for normal UWP textbox. It seems to lose focus when i…

user11913531
- 51
- 3
3
votes
3 answers
Having trouble showing and hiding the Windows 10 On Screen Keyboard (osk.exe)
I have been trying to get the onscreen keyboard (osk.exe) to appear (and disappear) on Windows 10 from within my app. My app was running fine in windows 7. Calling ShellExecute() on osk.exe would show the keyboard there but trying to get the same…

stuicidle
- 297
- 1
- 8
3
votes
0 answers
On Windows PC, how to use Java's Robot to close an On_Screen Keyboard window?
My Java app needs to open an On-Screen-Keyboard app [ osk.exe ], then use Java Robot to move the mouse to the close button position and press the mouse to close the app, but it won't close, yet when I clicked on my mouse, it does close the app, why…

Frank
- 30,590
- 58
- 161
- 244
3
votes
2 answers
Disable virtual Keyboard in Windows 10 Tablet Mode for one Application
We wrote a C#/WPF Application for Touch Devices and have allready implemented our own virtual keyboard. Since windows 10 anniversary (or earlier) we have problems with devices in "Tablet Mode". The default OSK opens whenever a input field is…

SirBirne
- 297
- 2
- 11
3
votes
0 answers
ImmGetContext(::GetForegroundWindow()) returns 0 always
I'm making a screen keyboard like osk.exe.
I added Korean/English toggle button.
But ImmGetContext(::GetForegroundWindow()) returns 0 always.
That's why it doesn't work.
What's wrong in my source code.
void…

Raymond
- 473
- 3
- 18
3
votes
1 answer
VBA to resize the OSK.exe window
I am working on a Kiosk-type (no mouse, no keyboard) application where users enter data into an Excel spreadsheet. I would like to have the on-screen keyboard appear in the same place every time it gets called. The osk.exe window 'remembers' where…

jbdille
- 35
- 3
3
votes
2 answers
Launch x64 Windows application in C# while the project is set to x86
I'm trying to launch the osk.exe and I keep getting "Could not start osk" message.
The problem is that my project is set to x86 (i'm using a ms access database).
If I switch to x64 or Any CPU everything works fine but the database will no longer…

daydr3am3r
- 61
- 1
- 4
3
votes
1 answer
Angular does not get javascript onscreen keyboard input
i'm working on a page that should have an input field and an onscreen keyboard, implemented in js. I used this keyboard: http://jabtunes.com/notation/keyboardcanvasexamples.html
The input field gets the input just fine, the problem is that the…

Zahnstochermann
- 41
- 6
3
votes
2 answers
How to position the On-Screen Keyboard window?
After launching osk.exe with ShellExecuteEx() I would like to position the keyboard window relative to the data-entry fields, so that it doesn't cover them.
How do I set the window position for the osk before calling it?
Also, how can I have the…
user2175495
3
votes
1 answer
Programmatically control Windows 7 on screen keyboard
I have an application that is to be run on a Windows 7 tablet and needs the on screen keyboard to be docked at the bottom of the screen. Ideally I want to stop someone being able to move or change these settings.
Using the comment posted to the…

Firedragon
- 3,685
- 3
- 35
- 75
3
votes
1 answer
Opening on-screen keyboard written in JQuery with angularjs directive
I'm trying to write a directive in angularJS which allow to open this https://github.com/Mottie/Keyboard/ on-screen keyboard on click a button or image. So far I made based on this topic : Update AngularJS models from a jQuery plugin with a "on…

Wojtek
- 233
- 1
- 4
- 16
3
votes
1 answer
Rotate the Windows on screen keyboard
At the moment I am working with C# and WPF and I want to create a multi-user application. I am pointing to multitouch tables.
I am looking for a way to have multiple Windows keyboard which can be rotated.
I want to use the Windows keyboard because…

Ron van der Heijden
- 14,803
- 7
- 58
- 82
3
votes
4 answers
How do I close the on-screen keyboard process from C# winform correctly?
I'm currently designing an image viewer that allows the user to input her e-mail and get the images digitally. The part that troubles me is getting the on-screen keyboard to close. I use this piece of code to start the windows process:
string…

Cassini
- 33
- 1
- 1
- 4