v9.2 [Mar 15, 2020]
- New "Windows Light" style has been added. The "Windows 10" style has been renamed to "Windows Dark". Some styles have been slightly modified.
- New ability to select a zoom from 100% to 800% in the keyboard edit window has been added.
- New keyboard shortcut icons for Windows 10 have been added.
- New command line parameter /EVENTLOG has been added. It instructs the application to create different log files for every startup.
- Improved: The "Windows 10 style" setting has been changed by "Rounded corners" setting. The rounding of the keys increases according to the zooming of the keyboard.
- Improved: The "Shift Key" action has been added to the swipe down gesture.
- Improved: The "Temporarily hide the keyboard when a system window is visible in Windows 8 and above" setting is not set by default.
- Fixed issue with double letter entry when typing with fingers on the screen.
- Fixed some memory leaks.
- Lots of other fixes and improvements.
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.
v7.5 [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 bug fixes and improvements.
v7.4 [Oct 30, 2015]
Improved Windows 10 Compatibility.
New “Swap keys” action has been added in the keyboard editor.
New keyboard types: UltraPhone, UMPCx2000, UMPC_Numx2000, and TouchScreen1024.
Changed keyboard type: TouchScreen.
Removed keyboard type: UltraPhone640.
New “Word Autocomplete: Add space after completed word” option has been added to the list of dependencies.
New: Slovenian interface language has been added.
New extended options:
Hide the on-screen keyboard when a physical keyboard is present.
Prevent the mouse cursor from moving when you touch the on-screen keyboard in Windows 8 and above.
Block system keys and hotkeys like Alt F4, Win, Alt Tab, Ctrl Alt Del, etc.
Minimum height and Minimum width.
Changed the order of words in the word autocomplete window based on the statistics.
Changed the icon on the Win key.
Improved the response rate when using the keyboard with the touchscreen.
Fixed: Microsoft Edge has been added to the list of web browsers.
Fixed: Alternate symbols for number keys didn't work correctly sometimes.
Fixed: The on-screen keyboard didn't disappear with the hide gesture sometimes.
Many other fixes and improvements have been made.
v7.1 [Jan 10, 2014]
- 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...
- New 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.
v7.0 [Dec 6, 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.
- Improved: Section "Exceptions" has been replaced with new section "Dependencies". (Pro Edition)
- New: New function "Show alternate characters or symbols" has been added. (Pro Edition).
- 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: The word suggestion tool now processes the ' character in combinations like I'll, L'amour. (Pro Edition)
- New: Setting "Show the toolbar in the taskbar" has been added for 64-bit systems. (Pro Edition)
- 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: The keyboard editing window has been improved. (Pro Edition)
- 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.
- Improved: The size of word suggestion buttons changes depending on the keyboard font size. (Pro Edition)
- New: Added special keyboard type for touch screens - TouchScreen. (Pro Edition)
- 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.
v5.0 [Apr 28, 2011]
-Added new on-screen keyboard settings:
1. Move the keyboard to a screen border.
2. Animate the launch of the on-screen keyboard - slide up or down.
3. Type characters when keys are released.
4. Show a tip over a pressed character key.
5. Show key characters in the UPPER CASE.
-Added new "Typing aid" parameters for the on-screen keyboard:
1. Repeat delay (msec).
2. Repeat rate (characters per second).
3. Double taping the space bar will insert a period followed by a space.
-Added an ability to control the on-screen keyboard from HTML in FireFox, Chrome and Opera. (Pro Edition)
-Added a new function: "Install FireFox (Chrome, Opera) Extension". (Pro Edition)
-Added an ability to set borders for the picture on the key. (Pro Edition)
-Added a new "Security" group. (Pro Edition)
-Added a new autocomplete function setting: "Disable the autocomplete function when entering passwords".
-Added an ability to change key descriptions in the keyboard editing mode. (Pro Edition)
-Added a new setting for 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Vista: "Show an on-screen keyboard before logon".
-When using an on-screen keyboard with a touch screen, the arrow keys work as a D-pad.
-Added Undo and Redo buttons to the on-screen keyboard editing form. (Pro Edition)
-Improved compatibility with Internet Explorer 9 and WPF applications.
-Fixed toolbar flickering on the taskbar. (Pro Edition)
-Fixed bugs that occurred if no explorer.exe process was found.
-Fixed a bug in the autocomplete feature for some languages.
-Lots of other fixes and improvements.
