On-Screen Keyboard

The On-Screen Keyboard application displays virtual keyboards on your desktop. You can use the standard mouse pointer or alternative pointing device to operate the virtual keyboards. On-Screen Keyboard displays the following types of keyboards:

  • Compose keyboards that enable you to compose text. To type alphanumeric characters, you select the characters on the compose keyboard.
  • Dynamic keyboards that On-Screen Keyboard generates to reflect the applications that are currently running on the desktop. For example, On-Screen Keyboard generates keyboards that contain keys to represent the applications that are running on your desktop or the menus that are contained in an application.

To start On-Screen Keyboard, choose Applications ▸ Accessibility ▸ On-Screen Keyboard. For more information about the On-Screen Keyboard application, see the Help for On-Screen Keyboard.

5.1.1. Maximizing Application Windows for On-Screen Keyboard Users

If you are an On-Screen Keyboard user, you cannot use any application in Full Screen mode because the application window obscures the On-Screen Keyboard display.

To resize the window for use with the On-Screen Keyboard application, perform the following steps:

  1. Do not enable the Full Screen mode in the application.
  2. Give focus to the application window.
  3. Press F10 to maximize the application.
On-Screen KeyboardScreen Reader and Magnifier