# Touchscreen On Screen Keyboard

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-on-screen-keyboard/110827>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 22, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-on-screen-keyboard/110827 "2025-09-22T11:13:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Stone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/david_stone/32/79749_2.png) [@David\_Stone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Stone)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-on-screen-keyboard/110827/5 "2025-09-22T21:18:21Z")

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My advice is give up on windows touchscreen support. If you search the forum, there are countless posts about how terrible it is and how it hardly works. If you want bulletproof on screen keyboard support, Wayland based Linux with a browser in a Kiosk is the way to go.

> [@Building a Custom Perspective Kiosk on Linux Hardware](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/building-a-custom-perspective-kiosk-on-linux-hardware/79551):
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> Just thought I would chuck a little guide together to get a working Perspective Kiosk on simple Raspberry Pi 4 Hardware. Main Features: Webkit Browser Engine: supported by Ignition as part of Safari compatibility. Full Kiosk Mode: No desktop OS on this system, no other apps, no way to exit. Hardware Acceleration: Panel PC hardware supported by linux is able to be utilised. On Screen Keyboard: Critical missing piece of 99% of similar attempts. Auto opens and closes with focus…

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