input methods

In a surprising move, Microsoft has announced the removal of the highly anticipated 'Gamepad Keyboard' feature from the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update. Originally slated for a broad rollout in the coming weeks, this feature was designed to enhance accessibility and user experience, particularly...

Introduction According to a recent article published on Microsoft's support site, the touch keyboard feature offers an essential tool for users of devices with touchscreens, making text input easy and convenient. Whether you’re using Windows 10 or 11, this feature is designed to enhance user...

Is there a document that tells what keys map to the Spanish language characters when the Spanish language keyboard has been enabled in W11?

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We’re introducing more natural voices for Narrator. This build has a good set of improvements such as a few updated visuals for some UI areas. We have a good set of fixes too! As...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22533 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We are resetting the rollout of the updated entry point for Widgets with weather on the taskbar first introduced with Build 22518. As a result, some Insiders who had this enabled may...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22504 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We’ve expanded the 13 themes for the touch keyboard to other input experiences, including IMEs, the emoji panel, and voice typing. We have also added the ability for personalized...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22471 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR Build Expiration Reminder: We have updated the build expiration for Dev Channel builds starting with Build 22468 to be 9/15/2022. Previous Dev Channel builds from the RS_PRERELEASE...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.184 to the Beta Channel and commercial PCs in the Release Preview Channel. Fixes [General] Fixed an issue where the new learn more info in OOBE about Windows Hello wasn’t translated for non-English languages...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22454 to the Dev Channel. REMINDER: Build numbers are higher in the Dev Channel than the Windows 11 preview builds in the Beta Channel because we’ve moved the Dev Channel back to receiving builds from our active...

How can I make ENG INTL the default input on Windows startup. Note that this is not the same as making French the default.

Hello Windows Insiders, we are excited to release the first Windows 11 Insider Preview build to the Dev Channel, Build 22000.51! As we finalize the product over the coming months, we will work with you to validate the experience. You will get to try many, but not all, of the new features we...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.906 (KB5000842) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue with zoom that occurs when using Microsoft Edge...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.844 (KB4601382) to the Beta and Release Preview Channels for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). For Insiders in the Beta Channel only who are interested in moving up to 21H1, see this blog post. This...

Scrolling is one of the most common user interactions in a browser, and it’s central to how we experience the web. Whether you’re using a touchpad, touch screen, mouse wheel, keyboard, or scroll bars, you want your scrolling experience to be fast and responsive. In this post, we’ll cover how...

Hi, Recurring problem with my windows 10 laptop, repeating letters or groups of letters within words (particularly vowels), when attempting to type normally. No keyboard damage, have tried re-booting keyboard drivers and adjusting letter repeat speed - nothing. some days i can type fine but...

I use the w10 onscreen keyboard on my desktop pc because of disability & would very much like to use the osk at the initial startup so I can access the bios prior to boot & login ... thanks...

Scrolling is one of the oldest interactions on the web. Long before we had pull-to-refresh or infinite-loading lists, the humble scrollbar solved the web’s original scaling problem: how can we interact with content that’s stretched beyond the available viewport...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15002 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. This is a BIG update so please take time to look through all of the new changes we detail below. What’s new in Build 15002 Microsoft Edge Updates...

hi, i need a virtual keyboard that you can paste into that has a delay. so each character gets typed in after a few milliseconds or so. is there any software out there that will do this?

I just bought a laptop with a finger print reader, Asus Q324UA. Device Manager reports the device is working and the driver is current. On Windows 10 logon options, the fingerprint setup finishes with a message that says finger print can now be used to logon. But, when I try to logon using the...