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Surface Pen doesn't open touch keyboard
Hi obi55,
I can confirm this issue, happens on both my machines (surface, Windows 10 v1903 & non-surface tablet with active stylus, Windows 8.1).
Then pen doesn't fire up the virtual keyboard, neither in address-bar nor any text- or input-fields.
And worst of all, starting with Canary v80.0.318.0, even touching with the finger to bring up the keyboard is broken now 😞
Thanks!
I created a bug and we'll be taking a look at it once we are done with existing commitments.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1020448
FYI, the SIP showing up in response to pen/touch is expected only when there is no hardware keyboard is attached. If the keyboard is attached it is by design that the SIP would not go up.
Neon01 I just tested touch issue on 80.0.319 Canary and the SIP shows up as expected (with no hardware keyboard attached).
Hi Grisha_L
This problem seems had fixed on Jun 2020. But I'm still having this problem now. It happens even when I reply this message. I cannot open the virtual keyboard using Surface pen at all time, sometimes even cannot work with finger touch. It is truly annoying and makes the whole tablet idea incomplete. I am unable to do all the jobs without a physical keyboard.
- it seems the problem has been fixed today! that's very great!
- emm, I recall my words. Today the touch keyboard does not pop up again.
If using edge, the window dragging works fine with surface pen. If using Chrome, the window dragging does not work.
Both browsers cannot use surface pen to call out touch keyboard.
I think there is a bug which I somehow bypassed it once, and both the dragging and keyboard works with surface pen.
One more bug I found is related to the 'touch keyboard called by touching'. If I touch in the dialog box, the keyboard will pop up. But if I touch again , the keyboard will dismiss. I have to touch it again to call out the keyboard.
Grisha_L For users who are not on a surface and there is a keyboard attached at all times is there anything we can do?
tyler42 sorry for late reply. Currently, there is nothing that we can do. It is the os policy that we have no control over. The good news is that they are looking into ways to provide users more control of software keyboard behavior through windows settings. When it is going to be shipped though is unknown. Most likely, no sooner than in 2021.
