looking for a full portable app virtual keyboard with { ~

[giulia]

hi

i haven't in my keyboard keys like { ~

i have tried On-Screen Keyboard but my antivirus did bark and deleted the fil

is there a full portable virtual keyboard , i can use under w7 /8.1 and w10?

thanks

[Midas]

Do you mean this one: https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1327?

Windows comes with its own on-screen keyboard, but you have to install tablet components.

[giulia]

Do you mean this one: https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1327?

Windows comes with its own on-screen keyboard, but you have to install tablet components.

Hi
yes , but is there an alternative portable ,I would like to avoid the windows built in virtual keyboard
thanks

[Midas]

If you just want to enter some special characters, tools like WinCompose (https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2615) or BabelMap (https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2352) may do the job.

Sorry, but I have no suggestion for typing.

EDIT: https://freevirtualkeyboard.com/ claims portability, but I haven't tested it...

[rbon]

Sorry, but I have no suggestion for typing.

Hi giulia,
I suggest You to read this article on How-To-Geek:

How to Quickly Type Special Characters on Any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet https://www.howtogeek.com/210824/how-to ... or-tablet/

and

Use Special Characters in Windows https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10253/u ... n-windows/

In short the article author (Chris Hoffman) suggest a very old trick used on MS-DOS:
• press Alt key (on the left of keyboard), keep it pressed and type the char found on extended ASCII table https://www.profdavis.net/ascii_table.pdf, then release the Alt key
• You can also use the 'Character Map' tool any Windows version: click on Start and enter character map into the search box and hit Enter.
--> if You have a italian Windows, type 'Mappa caratteri' (without quotes)
--> If You have a german Windows, type 'Charakterkarte' (without quotes)

BTW
the char { (opening brace) is obtained pressing Alt + 123
the char ~ (tilde) is obtained pressing Alt + 126