- Added a toolbar for launching the on-screen keyboard.
- Added a new parameter "Show the program toolbar in the taskbar".
- Added new keyboard types: SkinWin7, SkinMulticolor, SkinWhite, SkinRound1, SkinRound2, SkinRound3, TwoSides.
- Changed keyboard types: OneSide, OneSide2.
- Added new options for assigning images to each key of the on-screen keyboard: separate images for different key states, a separate font color for each key state, "Draw a border around a key", "Resize with a key", "Fit by width and height".
- Added a new parameter for the on-screen keyboard: "When I enter a password don't show which keys are tapped".
- Enhanced the large icons on the multimedia keys of the on-screen keyboard.
- Words entered by users are now recorded in UTF-8.
- Added a new command line parameter /RESTORE.
- Added large flag images (32x32) for the language bar and the on-screen keyboard.
- Added the display of the flag and a "Show label" setting for the custom view of the language bar. The size of the flag depends on the size of the language bar (16x16 or 32x32).
- Added an ability to launch several instances of the program using the /M command line parameter.
- Added an ability to launch Microsoft's on-screen keyboard in the keyboard editing, hotkey configuration and icon management windows.
- When working with the word autocomplete function enabled, "-" and "&" characters do not trigger automatic word completion.
- Added the display of the keyboard layout when dead keys are pressed (for German, French and other languages).
- The Office2003 theme has been replaced with the Aqua theme.
- Added a new parameter in the "Keys" section: "Labels on system keys depend on the currently selected input language".
- Added a new parameter in the "Keys" section: "Show the state of Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock keys".
- Added an ability to configure the list of keyboards in the "Activate the next keyboard type" action settings.
- Added an ability to assign a separate sound to each action.
- Added an ability to remove the word directly from the autocompletion list by highlighting the unnecessary word and then pressing Delete key.
- Added a new parameter for the word autocomplete function: "Do not show words with 1 character remaining".
- Added a new parameter for the word autocomplete function: "Show as a set of buttons next to the on-screen keyboard".
- Added new interface languages: Byelorussian, Croatian.
- Fixed bugs that occurred in Windows Vista and Windows 7 with User Account Control (UAC) enabled.
- Fixed the work of the command line parameter /COMMON.
- Fixed a bug: The on-screen keyboard was displayed incorrectly before logging in on multi-monitor systems.
- Fixed a bug: The on-screen keyboard was displayed incorrectly next to the text cursor on multi-monitor systems.
- Fixed a bug: In some cases, the language bar docked next to the on-screen keyboard changed its location on the screen.
Hot Virtual Keyboard is software that displaying a virtual keyboard on the computer screen