crhopera opens virtual keyboard automatically on touchscreen machine running window$ 8.1
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minho last edited byHello
Topic title says by itself. Why this annoying behavior?
I have no problem on Firefox or IE. -
Deleted User last edited by
If you're going to use a disparaging terms for Opera, at least learn how to spell it correctly. Pathetic is what says it all. And by the way - I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 Touch screen and Opera does NOT open a virtual keyboard and yes... I'm running Windows (not Window$) 8.1. Must be something wrong with your particular set-up. BTW... since you obviously hate Microsoft so much as well as Opera, why do you continue to use both? LOL
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minho last edited by
if you have no solution for the reported situation why did you reply my post? LOL
Any idea people?
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
Let's get a few other facts ... I presume you must have a laptop with a real keyboard (and presumably a trackpad/touchpad as well)? Second, I presume you must be focusing a text area or the address field (you don't specify which), probably by touching it as I can't imagine using the touchpad or an external pointing device would have that effect? More details would help people like @leushino - and Opera developers - to attempt to duplicate the issue. Possibly even a brand and model on the laptop, in case it is specific to that setup. (I don't have a touchscreen myself and can't possibly try to duplicate the issue and so won't be posting further in this topic except to keep order.)
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minho last edited by
thank you sgunhouse.
Yes, I focus a text area and the address field area by touching it.
I use a lenovo notebook model g400s touch. -
Deleted User last edited by
After some experimentation I can confirm that the virtual keyboard "is" brought up when one touches the screen in a Reply and is in Opera. I've tried the same in FF and IE11 and neither produced those results. Granted, I'm also on a Lenovo Thinkpad as I mentioned in my first post so I'm uncertain as to whether this is unique to Lenovo/Opera or not. I'm running Windows 8.1 on 64 bit.
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minho last edited by
thank you leushino.
I hope some way to disable this annoying virtual keyboard.
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
It would seem to me pointless to show the on-screen keyboard when a physical keyboard is present. If someone were running Opera on a Surface or other x86 tablet and didn't have a keyboard - sure, I could see using the screen keyboard then. But sounds like they may not be checking for a physical keyboard when touch is used to focus the text area.
For now, you may want to go to https://bugs.opera.com/wizard and file an official bug report ... developers don't always read the forums.
