8/7/18

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On-Screen Keyboard - make it go away!!!!

Please help me disable the on-screen keyboard pop up. It happens in incognito mode as well (that is what previous answers suggested). It only happens in chrome when I click in a text box. It is incredibly frustrating as I have a keyboard and it just started happening a few days ago.

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8/26/18

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caver_tim

Graham,

Early posts were when we were trying to work out what this was.

when the first couple of people posted, we didn't know if this was an extension or just that the keyboard was popping up when they were not expecting it.

when more people reported it, there were a few theories about incompatibilities with the way the browser reported to the OS that it would be possible to display an on screen keyboard.

this was believed to only affect windows 10 users

then a few users were reporting similar problems with windows 8.1

Its still not clear if the problem ( and there may be more than one) is a problem with the way the browser reports to windows, or the way windows deals with that report by the browser

some people have reported that an update to window made the problem stop.

telling the browser that you're running windows 7 (even if you're running 10) may change the way chrome reports to windows and fix the problem

Personally i think that's a better way to go rather than downloading an old copy of chrome from a 3rd party who may have altered it and anyway it may not have updates that are useful for security,

I suspect that if you take a minute to change the version of windows told to the browser in the compatibility tab of the browser shortcut, you'll be ok and you won't have to alter any behaviours with a new browser.

8/26/18

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caver_tim

Graham Ilsley

Sorry you feel this way. I've only ever tried to suggest things you could do to try and fix this on your PCs

Perhaps you can point out what I've done that you thing is condescending..

8/24/18

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caver_tim

no, right click the shortcut to chrome and click on the "compatibilty" tab and choose to run chrome in compatibility mode for windows 7

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8/7/18

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caver_tim

what happens if you close it ?

If you're talking about the the Windows on screen keyboard then try

Select “Start” > “Settings“.
Choose “Ease of Access“.
Select “Keyboard“.
Set “On-Screen Keyboard” to “On” or “Off” as desired.

8/7/18

Original Poster

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It disappears when I close it, but if I click in another text box it reappears. It takes up half my screen. It is not the windows keyboard. It is only happening when I am in Chrome and click in a text box.

8/7/18

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caver_tim

can you show us a screen shot ?

can you disable all your extensions in chrome and see what happens ?

8/7/18

Dlight102

I ditto this issue. I have not tried to reinstall Chrome yet, Running Version 68.0.3440.84 (Official Build) (64-bit). I have tried several suggestions on the web nothing is affecting the keyboard. There is a regedit to disable the touch keyboard, that is turned on. multiple settings have changed within chrome, even the chrome flags, resetting chrome, and starting a new profile. Keyboard only appears under chrome, no other windows application including IE. Also, a little tidbit... If the keyboard is on the screen and you click on a non-chrome window, the keyboard will close until you click on chrome again.

8/7/18

Dlight102

A quick update: I just logged into a new profile with admin privileges. Same issues occurs. I uninstalled chrome, restarted the machine, logged into the new profile and reinstalled chrome from google.com. Issue still occurs. Not sure how much cleaner a install can get?

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tlr3

Having the same problem; Wally's solution seems to have worked for me. I need the on-screen keyboard only rarely when not in tablet mode, so I'd rather click to get it than have it pop up constantly in Chrome. A full solution would still be useful!

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