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With a surface pro 7, the touch keyboard does not automatically pop up when selecting a text field. I have to manually open the on screen keyboard every time, which is an incredibly annoying waste of time.
I have tried the following things:
Turning tablet mode on and off
Changing the setting "show the touch keyboard when not in tablet mode...."
Detaching and reattaching keyboard
Updating drivers/ windows (problem was present both before and after)
There are many forum posts about this, dating back to five years ago and beyond. How is this still an issue?
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If it does not appear automatically the following may help.
you probably want to have the touch keyboard icon show in the task tray: right click/tap and hold a blank space on the taskbar and check the item Show Touch Keyboard button. At least it will be easier to invoke..
