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Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite Changelog

What's new in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 9.0.1.0

Dec 7, 2017
  • New design and new icons.
  • New styles have been added: Windows 10, Colored, Android. Order of styles has been changed.
  • Improved: The window for selecting the type of keyboard has been improved.
  • Improved: Almost all on-screen keyboards have been improved.
  • Improved support of High DPI Displays on devices like Microsoft Surface, when "Size of text, apps, and other items" is more than 200%.
  • Improved: The "Auto Hide" button has been replaced with the "Settings" button.
  • Improved: The "Close" button and the caption have been increased for large screen resolutions.
  • New keyboard types: MiniTouch, KioskWeb, KioskSpecial
  • Improved: Many settings have been moved to new places.
  • New section "Show/Hide" for the on-screen keyboard has been added.
  • New "Show only when you click or tap a text box" setting has been added.
  • New "Use all uppercase letters when I double-tap Shift" setting has been added.
  • Improved: "Set capital after" setting has been replaced by "Capitalize the first letter of each sentence" setting. Now this setting can recognize empty input field. The work in the Spanish language has been improved.
  • New "End state" setting for "Auto Hide" feature has been added.
  • New: "Hide the on-screen keyboard when typing on a physical keyboard" setting now hides the keyboard when you attach "Cover Keyboard". If your attachable keyboard doesn't hide the on-screen keyboard, please contact our support team.
  • New: Now you can use <SELECTION>, <CLIPBOARD> tags for "Open URL" and "Run program" actions. For example: https://translate.google.com/#fr/en/<SELECTION>
  • New "Working In Background" kind of option "Type of URL opening" has been added for "Open URL" action.
  • New folder with Gamepads for computer games has been created. All rarely used keyboards have been moved to the "Outdated" folder. You can add and remove Outdated keyboards and Gamepads from the keyboard list using the menu items in the keyboard selection window.
  • Improved: Sounds "Quiet" has been improved and refined.
  • Improved: The operation of the on-screen keyboard with various combinations of settings has been thoroughly refined.
  • Improved: The switching of the input language has been improved.
  • Improved: The UWP app definition in Windows 10 to create dependencies has been improved.
  • Improved: New options have been added to the Dependencies setting.
  • Improved: "Word Autocomplete" setting has been renamed to "Text Suggestions". "Text Suggestions" feature has been improved.
  • New "Align Text Left" setting for the Text Suggestions.
  • Improved: If a word is not found, the Text Suggestions window is highlighted in color.
  • Improved: Blinking the "Text suggestions" window has been removed.
  • Improved: The Docking function now works faster.
  • Improved: The on-screen keyboard stores position for every screen resolution.
  • New action for a click on the system tray icon: "Turn On / Turn Off"
  • Improved: Five keys work like character keys: 0088=",;", 0089=".:", 008A="?!", 008B="-@", 008C="@-".
  • Improved: Now key combinations like Fn+1 work correctly with Ctrl, Alt and Shift control keys. For example: Fn+Alt+4 => Alt+F4.
  • Improved "Show the on-screen keyboard next to the text entry area" setting. If two monitors are connected and the text cursor is not defined, the keyboard will appear next to the mouse cursor.
  • Improved stability of the program on slow computers.
  • Improved some shortcut icons.
  • Improved: "Advanced keyboard settings" window changed by "Expert" window. All extended settings have been moved to Expert window.
  • Improved: "Repeat delay" and "Repeat rate" settings have been moved to the Expert window.
  • New Javascript functions have been added: "Move to center", "Capitalize the first letter".
  • Fixed: Now the clipboard manager is displayed next to the text cursor when necessary.
  • Fixed: Now the clipboard manager is hidden on the login screen in Windows 10.
  • Fixed problems when typing using a stylus in Fall Creator Update Windows 10.
  • Fixed an issue with the Text Suggestions window in WhatsApp software.
  • Fixed an issue with computer restart.
  • Lots of other fixes and improvements.
  • New expert settings have been added:
  • Highlight the keys on the on-screen keyboard when you lift your finger,
  • Show hieroglyphs for Asian languages on keys,
  • Temporarily hide the keyboard when a system window is visible in Windows 8 and above,
  • Temporarily hide the keyboard when the Start Menu is visible in Windows 10,
  • Hide the keyboard when you swipe it down,
  • Maximum number of lines in the Text Suggestions.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 7.5.0.0 (Sep 7, 2017)

  • Improved Windows 10 Compatibility.
  • Improved Dutch language interface.
  • Fixed issue with double letter entry when typing with the stylus or pen.
  • Fixed issue with computer restart.
  • Some other bugfixes and improvements.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 7.4.1.0 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • Improved Windows 10 Compatibility.
  • Improved Dutch language interface.
  • Fixed issue with double letter entry when typing with the stylus or pen.
  • Fixed issue with computer restart.
  • Some other bugfixes and improvements.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 7.4.1.0 (Nov 23, 2016)

  • Improved Windows 10 Compatibility.
  • Changed the icon on the Win key.
  • Improved the response rate when using the keyboard with the touchscreen.
  • Fixed: Alternate symbols for number keys didn't work correctly sometimes.
  • Many other fixes and improvements have been made.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 7.3.0.0 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • New “Changes the position of the active window” and “Changes the size of the active window” options have been added. If the active window is under the keyboard, app moves it in view.
  • New ability to change icon for the on-screen keyboard in the system tray, the toolbar, the floating window, and floating icon. See new “Icon” field in “Theme” section.
  • New “Transparent background” options for the Floating Window and the Floating Icon have been added.
  • New “Three finger tap on your touchscreen: Show/Hide” option has been added. Note: Windows 8 and above.
  • Improved: The on-screen keyboard better displays some Arabic and Hebrew vowels.
  • New 12 flags for languages have been added.
  • Improved: Installed keyboards depend on the input languages.
  • New “Sort alphabetically” option for the word auto-complete feature has been added.
  • The word auto-complete feature has been improved.
  • New “Switch the input language or layout” shortcut has been added.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 7.2.0.0 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • New: The order of words in the word autocomplete window depends on the statistics accumulated by application. The application initially has predefined data on word frequency and word order for the most popular languages. These data are stored in the Common subfolder. When you type any text, the application memorizes the words that you use, so that later it can place the most frequently used ones in the beginning of the list. Which words are suggested also depends on the previously typed text.
  • New: The ability to set a label to an action assigned to a hotkey has been added.
  • Improved: "Show the on-screen keyboard when the text cursor is visible" option can work together with "Auto Hide" option now.
  • Improved: Text cursor position tracking has been enhanced.
  • Improved: The detection of password entry in the active field has been improved.
  • New: Gestures support has been improved. Now the user can assign various actions to gestures.
  • New: An option named "Hide the on-screen keyboard when typing on a physical keyboard" has been added. It works as follows:
  • The on-screen keyboard disappears when the user presses a key on the physical keyboard.The on-screen keyboard appears again when the user touches the touchscreen, or calls the on-screen keyboard by pressing a hotkey or clicking the keyboard icon.
  • New "Pinch or stretch to zoom when using a touchscreen" option has been added. To zoom in or out, touch the on-screen keyboard with two fingers, and then move the fingers toward each other (pinch) or away from each other (stretch).
  • New "Touch with two fingers to move" option has been added. To move the on-screen keyboard, touch it with two fingers, and then move in the same direction.
  • New: A volume control has been added in the "Sounds" section of the Options dialog box.
  • New command line parameters for the application have been added: /HELP and /?. They instruct the application to display the list of accepted command line parameters in a message box, and then exit.
  • Improved: Compatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows has been improved. New files has been added.
  • Improved: Compatibility with Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 has been improved.
  • Improved: Touchscreen support has been improved.
  • Improved: The order of on-screen keyboard settings has been changed.
  • Improved: When saved settings are loaded, the toolbar's state is restored.
  • Improved: An option to disable the Tablet PC Input Panel has been added for Windows 7.
  • Improved: The on-screen keyboard adjusts the animation speed on machines with limited graphics capability.
  • Improved: When the keyboard disappears from the screen, it releases the Shift, Alt, Ctrl, and Win keys.
  • Improved: The "Move the on-screen keyboard to a screen border" option works only when the on-screen keyboard appears. If the user moves the keyboard to any location on the screen, it will remain at that location until disappears.
  • Improved: If the Windows option "Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse" is on, this option will be temporary disabled when the on-screen keyboard is visible.
  • Improved: Compatibility with Google Chrome and Opera has been improved. New extensions have been released.
  • New "Trianlgles2" and "StandardLA" keyboards have been added.
  • Fixed: Some Arabic characters were displayed incorrectly.
  • Fixed: The "Draw a border around a key" option didn't work if the "Color" parameter was set. The "TouchScreenWin8" keyboard has been changed.
  • Fixed: On a UK keyboard, two keys were processed in one location.
  • Fixed: The problem with disappearing keyboard icon next to the text cursor has been solved.
  • General fixes and various minor improvements.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 7.1.0.0 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • Improved DPI Scaling support.
  • Improved application icons.
  • New large icons have been added.
  • New keyboard type: TouchScreenWin8.
  • New: option "Color" for keys has been added: Picture/Color...
  • NewNew ability to set the font of the key label has been added.
  • Improved: New versions of extensions for Firefox and Chrome have been released.
  • New command "MoveTo X,Y" has been added for JavaScript functions.
  • Improved: You can combine the calls in JavaScript functions: document.title = SavedTitle + " - HVKeyboard Name Mini - HVKeyboard MoveTo 100,10 - HVKeyboard Show";
  • Improved: The zoom of the keyboard changes when you change the keyboard type. The zoom depends on the screen resolution.
  • Improved: Keyboard always provides visual feedback when you touch a key.
  • Fixed: The bug that occurred when you touch one key with two fingers.
  • Fixed: Issue with incorrect text cursor detection in 64-bit systems.
  • Fixed: Sometimes a blank button appears in the taskbar.
  • Fixed: The repeat key settings don't work right when you touch the key with Korean language.
  • Fixed: Sometimes the keyboard appears briefly even though you launch the process with the /HIDEKEYBOARD command line parameter.
  • Fixed: Sometimes keys stay pressed when the PC wakes up from sleep mode.
  • Fixed: Issue with saving labels of keys in Unicode.
  • General fixes and various minor improvements.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 7.0.2.0 (Dec 14, 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.
  • 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: 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: 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.
  • 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.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 5.1.0.0 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • Added new "Typing aid" parameters. When using an on-screen keyboard with a touch screen, the arrow keys work as a D-pad.
  • Improved compatibility with Internet Explorer 9 and WPF applications.
  • Lots of other fixes and improvements.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 5.0.3.0 (May 19, 2011)

  • Added new "Typing aid" parameters
  • When using an on-screen keyboard with a touch screen, the arrow keys work as a D-pad
  • Improved compatibility with Internet Explorer 9 and WPF applications
  • Lots of other fixes and improvements

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 4.3.1.0 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • Added a toolbar for launching the on-screen keyboard. (Pro Edition)
  • Added a new parameter "Show the program toolbar in the taskbar". (Pro Edition)
  • Added new keyboard types: SkinWin7, SkinMulticolor, SkinWhite, MiniDemo, TwoSides. (Pro Edition)
  • Added new options for assigning images to each key of the on-screen keyboard:
  • separate images for different key states, a separate font color for each key state,
  • "Draw a border around a key", "Resize with a key", "Fit by width and height". (Pro Edition)
  • Added a new parameter for the on-screen keyboard: "When I enter a password don't show which keys are tapped". (Pro Edition)
  • Enhanced the large icons on the multimedia keys of the on-screen keyboard.
  • Words entered by users are now recorded in UTF-8. (Pro Edition)
  • Added a new command line parameter /RESTORE. (Pro Edition)
  • Added large flag images (32x32) for the language bar and the on-screen keyboard.
  • Added the display of the flag and a "Show label" setting for the custom view of the language bar. The size of the flag depends on the size of the language bar (16x16 or 32x32).
  • Close and Auto Hide buttons have a new style now.
  • Added an ability to launch Microsoft's on-screen keyboard in the keyboard editing and icon management windows.
  • When working with the word autocomplete function enabled, "-" and "&" characters do not trigger automatic word completion. (Pro Edition)
  • Added the display of the keyboard layout when dead keys are pressed (for German, French and other languages).
  • The Office2003 theme has been replaced with the Aqua theme.
  • Added a new parameter in the "Keys" section: "Labels on system keys depend on the currently selected input language".
  • Added a new parameter in the "Keys" section: "Show the state of Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock keys".
  • Added an ability to configure the list of keyboards in the "Activate the next keyboard type" action settings.
  • Added an ability to remove the word directly from the autocompletion list by highlighting the unnecessary word and then pressing Delete key. (Pro Edition)
  • Added a new parameter for the word autocomplete function: "Do not show words with 1 character remaining". (Pro Edition)
  • Added a new parameter for the word autocomplete function: "Show as a set of buttons next to the on-screen keyboard". (Pro Edition)
  • Added new interface languages: Byelorussian, Croatian.
  • Fixed bugs that occurred in Windows Vista and Windows 7 with User Account Control (UAC) enabled.
  • Fixed the work of the command line parameter /COMMON.
  • Fixed a bug: The on-screen keyboard was displayed incorrectly before logging in on multi-monitor systems.
  • Fixed a bug: The on-screen keyboard was displayed incorrectly next to the text cursor on multi-monitor systems. (Pro Edition)
  • Fixed a bug: In some cases, the language bar docked next to the on-screen keyboard changed its location on the screen.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 4.1.0.0 (May 6, 2010)

  • Added a new option "Show as background" for key pictures in the keyboard editor window.
  • Fixed a minor bug: Typing aid options did not work for Hebrew.
  • Some other enhancements.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 3.6.9.0 (Sep 3, 2009)

  • Added new themes: Vista, Office 2007 Blue, Office 2007 Silver, Office 2007 Black, MacOS.
  • An on-screen keyboard on the Windows logon screen has been improved.
  • Added a new button to emulate the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination on the logon screen. etc.

New in Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Lite 3.5.1.0 (Dec 13, 2008)

  • Added an ability to use multimedia keys for hotkeys.
  • Added an ability to assign a picture to any key of the on-screen keyboard. With this option you can change color and text for one key. (Pro Edition).
  • Added new keyboard types: UltraPhones etc.