Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Hot Virtual Keyboard 7 has been released

  • Added new keyboard types: KioskSkin, Mini2, SkinRound4, TouchGame3.
  • Added new virtual keyboard settings:
    • Move the keyboard to a screen border.
    • Animate the launch of the on-screen keyboard - slide up or down.
    • Type characters when keys are released.
    • Show a tip over a pressed character key.
    • Show key characters in the UPPER CASE.
  • Added new "Typing aid" parameters for the on-screen keyboard:
    • Repeat delay (msec).
    • Repeat rate (characters per second).
    • 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.
  • Added a new function: "Install FireFox (Chrome, Opera) Extension".
  • Added an ability to set borders for the picture on the key.
  • Added an ability to change key descriptions in the keyboard editing mode. 
  • 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.
  • Added new actions "Change the default playback device", "Change the default recording device".
  • Added an ability to specify folder for action "Run program".
  • Improved compatibility with Internet Explorer 9 and WPF applications.
  • Fixed toolbar flickering on the taskbar.
  • 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.