Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Pro is the type of programs that comes in handy if you're dealing with a hardware keyboard problem and you want to immediately write something on your PC. The program is packed with various keyboard styles and themes, provides you with a comprehensive help guide and uses minimum CPU resources while running in the background.
This tool lives on your system tray from where you can show or hide the keyboard window, access and configure the program's settings according to your needs, check the built-in help manual, etc. After you choose a keyboard style, you can select the preferred appearance options. For example, the tool enables you to adjust the opacity level of the interface, select the proper font style, etc. You can also enable sound effects for your virtual keyboard.
Another great thing is that you can configure the utility to sit on top of any window from your desktop and you can change its position and size however you like.
All in all, Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Pro works flawlessly and is very simple to handle. The only thing you need to consider before purchasing the tool is that the Lite edition of the product is cheaper and but offers you less features. Check the differences between these 2 editions and choose the proper solution. Either way, they both work well.
v7.0 [Dec 6, 2012]
- Lots of improvements for Windows 7 and Windows 8 touch-screen support.
- Improved: Comfort Keyboard has been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be Windows 8 Compatible.
- Improved: Section "Exceptions" has been replaced with new section "Dependencies". (Pro Edition)
- New: New function "Show alternate characters or symbols" has been added. (Pro Edition).
- Comfort Keyboard will show alternative characters when you press and hold a key.
- The selected character is typed when you release the key. The feature doesn't work when the "Auto-repeat" setting is on.
- New: The word suggestion tool now processes the ' character in combinations like I'll, L'amour. (Pro Edition)
- New: Setting "Show the toolbar in the taskbar" has been added for 64-bit systems. (Pro Edition)
- New: New settings in the keyboard editing window have been added: (Pro Edition)
- Change "Fit Width" regardless of the program settings,
- Change "Lock Aspect Ratio" regardless of the program settings,
- Always dock the keyboard to the lower edge of the screen,
- Always display characters and icons in the center of keys,
- Always transparent keyboard background,
- Fixed font size for all key labels (if empty, use the one from the program settings),
- Dividing points - used when changing the keyboard size:
- The keyboard splits along the specified points, the keys slide in opposite directions.
- Improved the Docking function for full-screen applications (IE in the kiosk mode) and Windows 8.
- Improved: The default settings have been changed.
- Improved: The keyboard editing window has been improved. (Pro Edition)
- Improved: Color schemes have been slightly adjusted: Summer, Dark, and Night.
- New: New option "Windows 8 Style" in the "Appearance" section - when enabled, rounded corners of windows and buttons are turned off.
- Improved: The size of word suggestion buttons changes depending on the keyboard font size. (Pro Edition)
- New: Added special keyboard type for touch screens - TouchScreen. (Pro Edition)
- New: Flag for Thai language has been added.
- New: Slovak interface language has been added.
- Fixed: The bug that occurred when switching the input language to extended layouts has been fixed.
- Fixed: The incorrect positioning of characters in the Japanese Hiragana, Kana layout has been fixed.
- Code optimization and various minor improvements.
