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.
v9.1 [May 21, 2019]
- New: Japanese interface language has been added. Almost all user interface languages have been improved.
- New: The Ctrl Backspace hotkey has been added to the Text Suggestion window, which allows you to delete the last added word.
- New: An additional key automatically appears next to the left Shift key for the on-screen keyboard, if the additional key is present in the language layout. The extra keyboard files have been removed.
- New: The right Shift key of the on-screen keyboard now displays a special label for the Chinese layout.
- New: The necessity of double clicking for the right Shift key has been removed for the Chinese layout.
- New: Turning on the Caps Lock with the right Shift key has been removed for the Chinese layout.
- New: Additional keys now appear next to the space bar for Korean and Japanese.
- New expert settings have been added:
- Hold down the key when it's double-clicked
- Show enlarged icons on the on-screen keyboard, if possible
- Hide the keyboard when this device is found
- Move the mouse after clicking the floating icon
- Improved: Expert settings have been divided into groups.
- Improved: Support for English dictionaries has been added to Korean, Chinese and Japanese.
- Improved: The label on the Enter key is now different when Chinese Simplified is active.
- Improved: The function of displaying hieroglyphs next to the Latin letters on the on-screen keyboard has been improved.
- Improved: For console applications, the on-screen keyboard now always appears if the "Show the keyboard when the text cursor is visible" option is set.
- Improved: The label on the AltGr key now depends on the input language.
- Improved: When you switch the on-screen keyboard, its location does not change.
- Improved: A wider border for the keys is drawn if the screen scale exceeds 200%.
- Improved: An additional check has been added that prohibits the launch of multiple instances of the program.
- Improved: The ability to create a new keyboard or delete a keyboard has been added to the keyboard selection window.
- Fixed: After adding a new keyboard, it now appears in the list of keyboards for selection.
- Fixed: Now the context menu does not appear for the floating icon and the floating window if the AccessDenied option is activated.
- Fixed issues when typing in Windows 10 using a stylus.
- Fixed: The touchscreen is now detected, even if the system only has single-touch touchscreen.
- Fixed: Some issues with the Text Suggestions window have been fixed.
- Lots of other fixes and improvements.
