# kirupa.com - Optimizing the On-Screen Keyboard

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-optimizing-the-on-screen-keyboard/642957
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**Created:** [May 23, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-optimizing-the-on-screen-keyboard/642957 "2013-05-23T07:00:00Z")
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#### Post date: [May 23, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-optimizing-the-on-screen-keyboard/642957/1 "2013-05-23T07:00:00Z")

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by kirupa&nbsp; |&nbsp; 16 July 2010

Windows Phone devices are pretty much entirely touch-based. While some device flavors may contain a hardware keyboard that you can use, the primary way for you to input text is by tapping on the virtual, on-screen keyboard:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kirupa.com/windowsphone/optimizing\_on\_screen\_keyboard.htm](https://www.kirupa.com/windowsphone/optimizing_on_screen_keyboard.htm)