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    virtual keyboard not showing up in mozilla firefox with surface pro 3 ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Laptopaddict, Apr 17, 2015.

  1. Laptopaddict

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    in mozilla firefox ,the virtual keyboard does not show up automatically , i have to push the button of the keyboard to bring it up, very annoying

    is there a solution for this ?
     
    Laptopaddict, Apr 17, 2015
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    The keyboard only show up automatically in metro app, for win8.1 tablet .
     
    baii, Apr 18, 2015
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    no way to fix this ?
     
    Laptopaddict, Apr 18, 2015
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    I don't think so, but try ask on the sister forum. Tabletpcreview iirc.

    Sent from my 306SH
     
    baii, Apr 18, 2015
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    I remember having this problem too, I never found a solution unfortunately.
     
    coincidence, Apr 20, 2015
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    Actually, that isn't entirely true, in some programs, it will pop up, in the latest version of Opera, it does pop up. I'd say it's more a matter of programs written for the desktop not taking into account the possibility of a touch display.
     
    tijo, Apr 22, 2015
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    i switched to opera, time for firefox to fix this

    thanks for the tip, moderator
     
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    Laptopaddict, Apr 24, 2015
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    Hey, I have a Samsung Android tablet and the keyboard pops up when using Firefox so something else is going on here.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Apr 25, 2015
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    It's the Windows desktop version of firefox that doesn't get the keyboard to pop. That behavior isn't limited to Firefox, but also to some of the other desktop browsers.
     
    tijo, Apr 25, 2015
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    Did some quick test, IE doesn't~

    MS office(word) does
     
    baii, Apr 25, 2015
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