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The title says it all; when I enter an accented letter that requires an AltGr deadkey, the on-screen keyboard auto-closes. Very counterproductive (esp since it isn’t exactly giid at popping up immediately when needed)!! Bug or feature?

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  • Do you mean the physical key “AltGr”? The touch keyboard closes for every keypress. The touch keyboard does not appear to support dead keys. Use the on-screen keyboard instead.
    – Daniel B
    Commented Aug 1, 2019 at 11:09
  • Sorry, meant the on-screen keyboard indeed!
    – RJVB
    Commented Aug 1, 2019 at 11:22
  • This is a known problem with the OSK. Only solution is to use a third-party product such as Click-N-Type, which has a good review.
    – harrymc
    Commented Aug 1, 2019 at 11:46
  • Known by everyone except MS, I fear? I'll have to check this out. I haven't read through all reviews: does this also cause the target window to resize or scroll its contents when you open the OSK? (Not that this works so reliably with the system version...)
    – RJVB
    Commented Aug 1, 2019 at 12:37
  • Again, are we talking about the touch keyboard or the on-screen keyboard. The former is a borderless window and can be brought up from the tray. The latter has a regular window border and is part of the accessibility tools.
    – Daniel B
    Commented Aug 1, 2019 at 12:39

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On-screen keyboard vs touchscreen keyboard regardless, this indeed turns out to be a known issue as commented by @harrymc. It's a bug that has been in Win10 since the 1803 release. There's a workaround: use AltGr-Ctrl instead (= hit Ctrl before hitting the key you wanted to hit). CluMSy ...

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