How to Activate the Touch Keyboard on my Windows 11 PC? – Process and Configuration

As we all know, Windows has a wide range of functions and options that help us to have a better function of the operating system, since Windows 7 arrived, several very unusual functions began to be implemented that were very dazzling and that began to attract the attention of many users. Even one of the reasons why Windows Vista users have upgraded their operating system.

One of the most striking functions was to be able to have a Touch Keyboard on the computer for those people who used touch monitors or for those users whose physical keyboard was damaged, the idea of ​​having a keyboard on the screen was presented and be used by the mouse or by touch screens. In today’s article we will be presenting you the way to activate this feature in Windows 11.

What is each of the Windows 11 touch keyboard layouts?

For those who do not know, this keyboard has several designs, in the same way that the keyboard is configured, the language of Windows 11 pro and Home can be configured.

These designs are applied in the way you use the keyboard, in this way the keyboard that will be appearing on the screen will be easier to use depending on the type of design you are using, in this way the keyboard will be aesthetic and will have better performance.

default keyboard

The first type of keyboard that we can find is the default keyboard. This keyboard design will be applied more to touch screens, since it is obvious that there is no keyboard. This will be presenting larger keys for better interaction and some of these keys have been removed to make typing easier.

split keyboard

The second type of keyboard that is available in windows options, is the split keyboard. This layout of the keyboard is oriented in that the left edge and the right side will be divided so that they are close to the edges.

This will make it easier to type if you have two-handed touchscreens. This is provided to us by the same Microsoft Support page so that we can better understand this keyboard

What do I need to do to start the touch keyboard on my Windows 11 computer?

When we want to start the touch keyboard on the computer that has Windows 11, You will have to follow a few steps, but of course, keep in mind that there is not only one way to do it, we can use various tools or configurations for it to appear. And in these configurations we can find others such as opening the Windows 11 task manager.

With keyboard shortcuts

Whenever you want to access this touch keyboard, you can use the keyboard shortcuts to make it appear very quickly and efficiently. To do this, you will have to use the key combination ‘Ctrl + Windows + O’with this command the touch keyboard will be appearing on the screen immediately, with these keyboard shortcuts we can also move the taskbar to the top in Windows 11.

From ‘Run’

Another option that we have available for the Touch Keyboard to appear on the screen is to use the Executor dialog to make it appear. For them we look for Executor in the search engine or we press ‘Windows + R’ and in boxes type ‘osk’ and this keyboard will be appearing only on the screen

In the ‘Search’ window

The easiest option, and the one we’ve used at least once, is to use the Search window to open the touch keyboard program. To do this, you will only have to go to the start part of the computer and go to where all the applications are, there you will have to go to Accessories and then to Accessibility. It is in this section where the Touch Keyboard program will be

Control Panel

For the last option that we have available for the Touch Keyboard to appear, enter the control panel to activate this option. To do this, you will have to open it and go to ease of access and then in the Accessibilities center, in this there will be an option called ‘Start on-screen keyboard’ and with it you can start the touch keyboard.

How to configure the touch keyboard mode that appears on my Windows 11 PC?

With any of the options that we explained above, you can make the keyboard appear on the screen. But if you want, you can make this keyboard appear every time you log in to your computer or every time it’s turned on. To do this, you will have to add keyboard program touch to the Startup folder that is on the system.

• First open the Windows Start and search for the Touch Keyboard from there and drag it to the desktop to create a shortcut for it
• Then head back to start and ‘All the programs’we will see the home folder, you will have to right click and click Open for this folder to open
• In this folder you will be entering the touch keyboard shortcut. In this way, every time you turn on the computer, the keyboard will appear.