Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
9,002 questions
In Windows 11 Kiosk mode, on screen keyboard is not displaying when touching a text box
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(284.8, 57.00000000000001%, 37%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EJD%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
John DC
0
Reputation points
At work we have a Dell Latitude 7320 tablet running Windows 11. We have it mounted on a wall and are using as a touch screen interface for our web app. There is no mouse or keyboard attached. We have created a single app kiosk account which auto-logs in and navigates the browser to an IP address (our web app). Our issue is in kiosk mode, when we click on a text box (ie username / password or URL bar) the Windows 11 on screen keyboard is not displaying so we have no way of entering text input. This is only an issue in kiosk mode.
When we use a non-kiosk account, the on screen keyboard will display like a proper mobile device.
In troubleshooting this issue it seems like a common fix is to modify registry settings to force Windows into tablet mode, however it seems like this only applies to Windows 10. When we tried modifying these settings in Windows 11 they did not work (keyboard still did not display in kiosk mode).
Is there a way to get the on screen keyboard to work in single app kiosk mode in Windows 11? If so, how?
Thank you.
{count} votes
-
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(169.60000000000002, 75%, 26%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EBB%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Brian Bergin 36 Reputation points2024-01-02T19:42:32.9266667+00:00 I have the same problem at a ski resort with dozens of kiosks. Most are Win10 at this point, but the Win11 kiosks have become a huge problem and this wasn't an issue until 23H2 for them. Win11 kiosks built (either Dell OptiPlex's with touch screen monitors or Microsoft Surface Go Business 3's) before 23H2 worked fine, but new systems built with 23H2 from scratch do not work. It's enough for us that we're going to migrate to Ubuntu in kiosk mode which actually works and has decent documentation.
Sign in to comment
1 answer
Sort by: Most helpful
-
Deleted
This answer has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The answer was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.
3 deleted comments
Comments have been turned off. Learn more