For programming questions about creating or using an on-screen keyboard (a virtual keyboard displayed on the screen), including osk.exe included with Windows.
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Open On-Screen Keyboard (Windows 7 64 Bits) through Java Double-click application
There is in my Java application the following piece of code:
boolean is64 = System.getProperty("os.arch").contains("64");
String oskPath = is64 ? "/SysWOW64/osk.exe" :"/system32/osk.exe";
Desktop desktop = null;
if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
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Samsung Smart TV Samsung IME for text input
I am trying to implement IME in my web app. (using this tutorial).
Reading UX Guideline on Samsung developer Forum here:
UX Guideline
I just saw, that there is also another type of Samsung IME on-screen keyboard.
Does anybody know, how do I…

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Mouse left click and On-Screen-Keyboard
I'm writing application which is using kinect for windows v2 to display and control mouse by left hand. I wrote method that invoke mouse left click and everything works great.
I have problem with one action. If I launch On-Screen-Keyboard, my…

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Detect if On Screen Keyboard is open
I would like to deteck if OSK.exe process (On screen keyboard) is open.
It's my code to open the OSK:
Process.Start("C:\\Windows\\System32\\osk.exe");
Do you have any ideas how can check it and prevent to launch twice and more this process ?

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Replacing Windows 7+ onscreen keyboard in WPF
I maintain/develop a C&C application typically used on touchscreens. Most text boxes require numeric input, so most of the normal keyboard is pointless. My boss wants me to build a number pad without a keyboard for these boxes. (We do have other,…

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Tablet PC/on-screen keyboard on secure desktop
When using the UAC dialog (which runs on a secure desktop) is used on a tablet PC, it provides the on-screen-keyboard for the password field (pretty much the same as the login screen). I think this is implemented in tabtip.exe.
Now I also use a…

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Unable to move the tabtip on screen keyboard?
I have an application with a username and password entry on touchscreen.
When the on screen keyboard appears, it appears on top of the username entry.
I would like it to appear a little lower on the screen. I am almost certain that I am using the…
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Use custom on-screen keyboard form with OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog
We have a custom on-screen keyboard (OSK) form as part of our .NET Windows Forms Application. This keyboard is useful to enter data into a DataGridView and some other textboxes. We want to be able to use it to enter a file name into an…

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How to display backspace, shift, etc symbols in onscreen keyboard in WPF
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1.In WPF how can I display key symbols (e.g. backspace, as well as custom symbols that I will invent) so that they seamlessly sit alongside letters and numbers on other keys?
2.How can I apply a glow effect to the text on these keys so that…

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jQuery On Screen Keyboard On Second Input
I have a little problem on using Mottie's jQuery OSK(On Screen Keyboard) on dialog boxes. You might want to check this link to make it simpler.
When selecting the second input field on a jQuery dialog, it always jumps on the first input field.
Here…

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Java listener for mouse click on any textbox on the screen
Is there a way for Java to listen to another program for mouse clicks?
If so, is there a way to listen for mouse clicks on text inputs on other programs?
I'm making an on screen keyboard for a project I'm working on. It will automatically be…

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How to get pressure from on screen (Virtual) keyboard? (Android)
I need to get some information from the on screen keyboard such as pressure, KeyDown and KeyUp in Android but don't know how to do that.
The android official site says that:
Note: When handling keyboard events with the KeyEvent class and
related…

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how to capture the Hardware BackKey click event when onscreen keyboard is present
I am developing Windows Phone 8 PhoneGap app. When the onscreen keyboard is present, if we click the hardware back key, it closes the onscreen keyboard. But at that time no event is getting fired including BackKeyPress event. May I know how to…
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Can web page launch keyboard of smartphone automatically with and autofocus attribute?
We can auto-focus a input field when a page is loaded with autofocus attribute of HTML5. Just like this:
First name:
My question is, if this field is the…

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How do I get an onscreen keyboard with Swipe and contextual prediction on windows 7? I have a pen tablet as an input
I have a pen tablet that serves as a brilliant input - I don't use a mouse anymore.
I want to use a swipe + contextual predictor on screen keyboard for my computer. Is there any software available for windows 8 that i can install on windows 7?
ALSO,…

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