Keyboard not showing

sebnunes

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Hi Guys,

Just bhought a Win 8 (Pro) tablet and I'm facing problems with the keyboard, when I'm using metro apps I can see the keyboard appearing when I have to enter text but when I go to the Desktop and use Win32 apps the keyboard never shows up. Like if I open IE or Google Chrome when I hit the address bar or any field in a web form the keyboard does not appear on the tablet. I have to go the charm bar ==> keyboard settings ==> show the keyboard.

Quite annoying.

Any clue about how to make the keyboard show automatically on Win32 apps?

Cheers,

Séb
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win8
Same problem here using my Surface Pro as well. I don't use Metro apps hardly at all in Windows 8. I guess I haven't been persuaded to start using them with the Surface Pro either.

On my pro, I don't have to necessarily go to Charms to get the keyboard up as I have a keyboard icon down by the clock and I can click on that and it brings up my keyboard for me. But it is a manual task.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
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    Self-Built in July 2009
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    Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
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    Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
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    8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
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    EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
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    ABS M1 Mechanical
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    Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
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    Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
if you use the Metro version of IE10 or the Nightly build of Firefox, you'll automatically get the keyboard when you select a box or text field or address bar. haven't tested whether Chrome in Windows 8 mode will do the same (Chrome has terrible touch support so it's a nonfactor for me).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
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