The title says it all; when I enter an accented letter that requires an AltGr deadkey, the on-screen keyboard auto-closes. Very counterproductive (esp since it isn’t exactly giid at popping up immediately when needed)!! Bug or feature?
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Do you mean the physical key “AltGr”? The touch keyboard closes for every keypress. The touch keyboard does not appear to support dead keys. Use the on-screen keyboard instead.– Daniel BCommented Aug 1, 2019 at 11:09
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Sorry, meant the on-screen keyboard indeed!– RJVBCommented Aug 1, 2019 at 11:22
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This is a known problem with the OSK. Only solution is to use a third-party product such as Click-N-Type, which has a good review.– harrymcCommented Aug 1, 2019 at 11:46
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Known by everyone except MS, I fear? I'll have to check this out. I haven't read through all reviews: does this also cause the target window to resize or scroll its contents when you open the OSK? (Not that this works so reliably with the system version...)– RJVBCommented Aug 1, 2019 at 12:37
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Again, are we talking about the touch keyboard or the on-screen keyboard. The former is a borderless window and can be brought up from the tray. The latter has a regular window border and is part of the accessibility tools.– Daniel BCommented Aug 1, 2019 at 12:39
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On-screen keyboard vs touchscreen keyboard regardless, this indeed turns out to be a known issue as commented by @harrymc. It's a bug that has been in Win10 since the 1803 release. There's a workaround: use AltGr-Ctrl instead (= hit Ctrl before hitting the key you wanted to hit). CluMSy ...