You can connect a keyboard, mouse, or even a joystick or other input device to your tablet via USB or Bluetooth and use it with your tablet just as you would with a PC.
Depending on your model of tablet and USB input device, you may need an adapter to connect your device to the tablet’s USB port: See your tablet’s owner’s guide for more information. To connect more than one USB device at a time, use a USB hub: use a powered hub to reduce the drain on your tablet’s battery.
You pair and connect Bluetooth input devices to your tablet in the same way as any other Bluetooth device.
Keyboards
In addition to entering text, you can use your keyboard to navigate your tablet’s features:
- Use the arrow keys to select items on screen
- Pressing Return when an item is selected is equivalent to touching that item
- Pressing Escape is equivalent to touching Back
- Press Tab or Shift-Tab to move from field to field in a form or other screen with multiple text fields
Mice
When you connect a mouse to your tablet and move the mouse, an arrow-shaped cursor appears: just like on a PC:
- Use the mouse to move the cursor.
- Clicking, pressing, and dragging with the mouse button is equivalent to touching, touching & holding, and dragging with your finger.
- Only one mouse button is supported.
- If your muse has a trackball or scroll wheel, you can use it to scroll both vertically and horizontally.
Other input devices
You can connect joysticks, gamepads, and other input devices to your tablet: if they work without special drivers or adapters on your PC, they will likely work with your tablet. However, games and other apps must be designed to support any special features of an input device, such as dedicated buttons or other controls, to take full advantage of them.