Turn On or Off Touch Keyboard Use All Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift in Windows 10


You can use different keyboards with Windows to fit your needs. The most common is a physical, external keyboard that you plug into your PC. Windows 10 includes a touch keyboard for PCs.

By default, the touch keyboard will use all uppercase letters when you double-tap Shift.

Use all uppercase letters when double-tap Shift will not work while using the standard keyboard layout option on the the touch keyboard.

If you're using a non-touch PC (ex: desktop), you could still use the touch keyboard if you like, but you would have to use your pointer to click on the keys instead of touching/tapping them.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off use all uppercase letters when you double-tap Shift while using the touch keyboard for your account in Windows 10.


 CONTENTS:

  • Option One: To Turn On or Off Touch Keyboard Use All Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift in Settings
  • Option Two: To Turn On or Off Touch Keyboard Use All Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift using a REG file


EXAMPLE: Touch keyboard double-tap Shift
Turn On or Off Touch Keyboard Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift-touch_keyboard_double-tap_shift.jpg






OPTION ONE

To Turn On or Off Touch Keyboard Use All Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift in Settings


1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2. Click/tap on Typing on the left side, and turn On (default) or Off Use all uppercase letters when I double-tap Shift under Touch keyboard on the right side for what you want. (see screenshot below)

3. You can now close Settings if you like.

Turn On or Off Touch Keyboard Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift-touch_keyboard_settings.png






OPTION TWO

To Turn On or Off Touch Keyboard Use All Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift using a REG file


Note   Note
The .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7

EnableShiftLock DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On


1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


 2. To Turn On Touch Keyboard Use All Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift

NOTE: This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_touch_keyboard_use_all_uppercase_letters_when_double-tap_Shift.reg

Download


 3. To Turn Off Touch Keyboard Use All Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_touch_keyboard_use_all_uppercase_letters_when_double-tap_Shift.reg

Download

4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. Toggle to hide and show touch keyboard on taskbar to apply. (see screenshot below)

Turn On or Off Touch Keyboard Uppercase Letters when Double-tap Shift-turn_on-off_touch_keyboard.jpg

8. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.


That's it,
Shawn