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Version 9.5 (released May 17, 2022)

New: Scheduled check for updates has been added: Settings > Advanced > Check for Updates.
New Gestures Ctrl+Key and Alt+Key have been added.
New expert settings have been added:

Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or Win key remains pressed if held down for less than 500 milliseconds;
Additional key border to define the active key;
Hold down Arrow keys until pressed again;
Hold down Any key until pressed again.

Improved: The on-screen keyboard shows characters accessible via Shift if they were added using the Paste Text action.
Improved: The procedure for determining full-screen windows for calculating the location of the on-screen keyboard has been improved.
Improved: The list of hidden windows appears as a separate submenu in the popup menu with all actions and in the main context menu.
Improved: The "Don't move the mouse when touching the on-screen keyboard" expert setting is enabled by default. The setting has been greatly improved.
Improved: The new fragment copied to the clipboard becomes active in the history of the clipboard manager if no filter is set.
Improved: The print dialog automatically appears when you print the action list or template list.
Fixed: Saving images to the clipboard from Google Chrome has been fixed.
Fixed: Clipboard tracking stopped if the History section was empty and the "Do not add identical fragments" setting was unchecked.
Fixed: All text templates stopped working if you canceled the processing of a text template with the Esc key.
Fixed: The logon keyboard appeared in the upper left corner if you set "Don't move" in the "Default position" section.
Fixed: The issue of the disappearance of the program icon in the system tray has been fixed.
Lots of other fixes and improvements.

Version 9.4 (released May 28, 2021)

Changed: The initial setup wizard has been redesigned. Now it appears only the first time you start the program.
Improved: The size of the keyboard in the "Edit shortcut icons" window is set to the size of the main on-screen keyboard.
Improved: Handling of active input languages has been improved.
Improved: The information message describing the triggered hotkey has been improved.
Improved: The volume information window has been improved. See also: Audio control actions
Improved: The "Move the on-screen keyboard to a screen border" setting has been replaced with the "Default position" setting. See also: Position settings

You can change this setting for any keyboard in the "Edit Keyboard Type" window. So your keyboards will have different positions on the screen when you switch between them.
The keyboard position changes even if the Lock setting is set.
Changed: The two on-screen keyboard settings "Changes the position of the active window" and "Changes the size of the active window" have been merged into one "Moves and sizes the active window" setting. See also: Position settings
Improved: The on-screen keyboard with the "Moves and sizes the active window" option enabled can now resize maximized windows.
Improved: The Docking setting for the on-screen keyboard now works correctly for web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) in kiosk mode and full screen mode.
Changed: The "Do not overlap the taskbar" setting has been moved from the expert settings to the Position section of the main settings. The taskbar is taken into account when moving the keyboard to the edge of the screen if this setting is enabled.
Changed: Now the Ctrl-Alt-Del button is not shown by default above the keyboard on the logon screen in Windows 10. You can force this button to be shown using the ShowCAD parameter.
Improved: New key label templates have been added based on the "Segoe MDL2 Assets" font in the "Edit Keyboard Type" window.
Now you can use the <INPUT> tag in text templates and the Paste Text action. This tag adds the ability to enter text from the keyboard that will be inserted into the text template.
Changed: The automatic snapping to the edge of the screen when changing the screen resolution has been removed.
Improved: An additional request has been added to re-encrypt the database if the encryption and decryption password has changed. When using a shared clipboard directory on multiple PCs, you only need to re-encrypt the database on one of them.
Improved: The clipboard manager displays a favorite icon if a clip is added to a favorites group.
Improved: The "Keyboard shortcuts" filter has been added in the clipboard manager. With this filter you can find all the clips for which you have previously set a keyboard shortcut for quick paste.
Improved: The handling of clipboard changes has been optimized.
Improved: The "Do not add identical fragments" function has been improved. If you disable it, fragments after pasting are added to the top of the list.
Improved: A new form has been added to request a separator when merging selected text fragments.
Fixed: When using Copy, no more music can be played with Sound Forge Audio Studio. Fragments of sound are not tracked in the clipboard, because this leads to errors in the OS.
Fixed: An issue with the Japanese keyboard (106/109 key) layout has been fixed.
Some other bugfixes and improvements.

Version 9.3 (released March 27, 2021)

New keyboard types: Narrow, NarrowExtra, NarrowFunction.
New: You can assign the "Paste text" action with one symbol to Shift+Key hotkey, and this symbol will be visible in the corner of the key.
A new "The taskbar is taken into account when moving the keyboard to the edge of the screen" expert setting has been added.
A new Javascript function "ChangeLanguage" has been added. Now you can change the input language in the web browser, using the onscreen keyboard functions.
New: Persian interface language has been added.
Improved: The rendering of text and icons in the "Task Switching Window" and "Process History Window" on High DPI screens has been improved.
Improved: The on-screen keyboard typing in Chinese and Japanese has been improved.
Improved: The on-screen keyboard now appears when DateTime Pickers are focused.
Improved: The expert "Highlight the keys on the on-screen keyboard when you lift your finger" setting now works for the physical keyboard as well.
Improved: You can type the © character by holding down the C key.
Changed: If multiple monitors are connected and the AccessDenied parameter is set to 2 or 3, then you can move the on-screen keyboard to any monitor.
Fixed: The search field now remains active when typing with the on-screen keyboard in Microsoft programs: Outlook, Word, Visual Studio, etc.
Fixed: The appearance of the keyboard settings window when working with multiple monitors has been fixed.
Some other bugfixes and improvements.

Version 9.2 (released March 5, 2020)

New "Windows Light" style has been added. The "Windows 10" style has been renamed to "Windows Dark". Some styles have been slightly modified.
New ability to select a zoom from 100% to 800% in the keyboard edit window has been added.
New "Word wrap" option for the text template editor has been added.
New keyboard shortcut icons for Windows 10 have been added.
New command line parameter /EVENTLOG has been added. It instructs the application to create different log files for every startup.
Improved: The "Windows 10 style" setting has been changed by "Rounded corners" setting. The rounding of the keys increases according to the zooming of the keyboard.
Improved: Support for Uncode text in the text templates has been improved.
Improved: The "Shift+Key" action has been added to the swipe down gesture.
Improved: The "Temporarily hide the keyboard when a system window is visible in Windows 8 and above" setting is not set by default.
Fixed issue with double letter entry when typing with fingers on the screen.
Fixed: Sometimes identical fragments appeared in the clipboard manager.
Fixed incorrect separator when saving several fragments to a text file in the clipboard manager.
Fixed some memory leaks.
Lots of other fixes and improvements.

Version 9.1 (released May 2, 2019)

New: Japanese interface language has been added. Almost all user interface languages have been improved.
New: The Ctrl+Backspace hotkey has been added to the Text Suggestion window, which allows you to delete the last added word.
New: An additional key automatically appears next to the left Shift key for the on-screen keyboard, if the additional key is present in the language layout. The extra keyboard files have been removed.
New: The right Shift key of the on-screen keyboard now displays a special label for the Chinese layout.
New: The necessity of double clicking for the right Shift key has been removed for the Chinese layout.
New: Turning on the Caps Lock with the right Shift key has been removed for the Chinese layout.
New: Additional keys now appear next to the space bar for Korean and Japanese.
New: The Additional Information setting has been added for the clipboard manager. You can select which information will be shown for every clip: Size, Date&Time or Source.
New: The "Settings" button has been added to the clipboard manager.
New: For HTML snippets, the source information has been added to the preview area of the clipboard manager.
New: Added support for jpg, png, gif and bmp to show in "Filter: Pictures" when you have right clicked on a picture and clicked on "Copy picture" in browser, mail or any other program that can display pictures.
New: The "URL" filter has been added that shows all clips that start with "http://", "https://" or "ftp://".
New expert settings have been added:

Show enlarged icons on the on-screen keyboard, if possible
Hold down the key when it's double-clicked
Hide the keyboard when this device is found
Move the mouse after clicking the floating icon

Improved: Expert settings have been divided into groups.
Improved: Detection of the Web site icon for the "Open URL" action has been improved.
Improved: Support for English dictionaries and text templates has been added to Korean, Chinese and Japanese.
Improved: The label on the Enter key is now different when Chinese Simplified is active.
Improved: The function of displaying hieroglyphs next to the Latin letters on the on-screen keyboard has been improved.
Improved: For console applications, the on-screen keyboard now always appears if the "Show the keyboard when the text cursor is visible" option is set.
Improved: The launch of the program has been accelerated.
Improved: The label on the AltGr key now depends on the input language.
Improved: The sorting of actions in the Keyboard Shortcuts Settings window and in the popup menu in the system tray have been changed.
Improved: When you switch the on-screen keyboard, its location does not change.
Improved: The "Keyboard Shortcuts Settings" window now scales the on-screen keyboard when necessary.
Improved: A wider border for the keys is drawn if the screen scale exceeds 200%.
Improved: An additional check has been added that prohibits the launch of multiple instances of the program.
Improved: The ability to create a new keyboard or delete a keyboard has been added to the keyboard selection window.
Improved: In the clipboard manager, you can edit clips and enter group names using the on-screen keyboard.
Improved: The Data Directory for the clipboard manager can be shared among multiple users. When data is changed by one user, the data is updated for other users. You can also use a shared network folder, or a service like Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive.
Improved: The label "Name:" has been removed for named clips.
Improved: The preview area of the clipboard manager window now depends on the screen scale.
Improved: When you resize the clipboard manager window, the size of the buttons can reduce to show all the buttons.
Fixed: The issue when working with Unicode text templates has been fixed.
Fixed: After adding a new keyboard, it now appears in the list of keyboards for selection.
Fixed: Now the context menu does not appear for the floating icon and the floating window if the AccessDenied option is activated.
Fixed issues when typing in Windows 10 using a stylus.
Fixed: Unicode text is now supported when using the tag.
Fixed: The touchscreen is now detected, even if the system only has single-touch touchscreen.
Fixed: Some issues with the Text Suggestions window have been fixed.
Fixed the issue when editing text clips in the clipboard manager: a space was inserted after the first letter.
Lots of other fixes and improvements.

Version 9.0.4 (released January 11, 2018)

Improved: The Windows touch keyboard is restored when the software is uninstalled, if it was disabled by "Disable system touch keyboard and handwriting panel" option.
Improved: "Capitalize the first letter of each sentence" setting disables for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, and some other languages.
Improved: "Capitalize the first letter of each sentence" setting disables in password fields.
Some minor improvements.

Version 9.0 (released December 7, 2017)

New design and new icons.
New styles have been added: Windows 10, Colored, Android. Order of styles has been changed.
Improved: The window for selecting the type of keyboard has been improved.
Improved: Almost all on-screen keyboards have been improved.
Improved support of High DPI Displays on devices like Microsoft Surface, when "Size of text, apps, and other items" is more than 200%.
Improved: The "Auto Hide" button has been replaced with the "Settings" button.
Improved: The "Close" button and the caption have been increased for large screen resolutions.
New keyboard types: MiniTouch, KioskWeb, KioskSpecial
Improved: Many settings have been moved to new places.
New section "Show/Hide" for the on-screen keyboard has been added.
New "Show only when you click or tap a text box" setting has been added.
New "Use all uppercase letters when I double-tap Shift" setting has been added.
Improved: "Set capital after" setting has been replaced by "Capitalize the first letter of each sentence" setting. Now this setting can recognize empty input field. The work in the Spanish language has been improved.
New "End state" setting for "Auto Hide" feature has been added.
New: "Hide the on-screen keyboard when typing on a physical keyboard" setting now hides the keyboard when you attach "Cover Keyboard". If your attachable keyboard doesn't hide the on-screen keyboard, please contact our support team.
New: Now you can use , tags for "Open URL" and "Run program" actions. For example: https://translate.google.com/#fr/en/
New "Working In Background" kind of option "Type of URL opening" has been added for "Open URL" action.
New folder with Gamepads for computer games has been created. All rarely used keyboards have been moved to the "Outdated" folder. You can add and remove Outdated keyboards and Gamepads from the keyboard list using the menu items in the keyboard selection window.
Improved: Sounds "Quiet" has been improved and refined.
Improved: The operation of the on-screen keyboard with various combinations of settings has been thoroughly refined.
Improved: The switching of the input language has been improved.
Improved: The UWP app definition in Windows 10 to create dependencies has been improved.
Improved: New options have been added to the Dependencies setting.
Improved: "Word Autocomplete" setting has been renamed to "Text Suggestions". "Text Suggestions" feature has been improved.
New "Align Text Left" setting for the Text Suggestions.
Improved: If a word is not found, the Text Suggestions window is highlighted in color.
Improved: Blinking the "Text suggestions" window has been removed.
Improved: The Docking function now works faster.
Improved: The on-screen keyboard stores position for every screen resolution.
New action for a click on the system tray icon: "Turn On / Turn Off"
Improved: Five keys work like character keys: 0088=",;", 0089=".:", 008A="?!", 008B="-@", 008C="@-".
Improved: Now key combinations like Fn+1 work correctly with Ctrl, Alt and Shift control keys. For example: Fn+Alt+4 => Alt+F4.
Improved "Show the on-screen keyboard next to the text entry area" setting. If two monitors are connected and the text cursor is not defined, the keyboard will appear next to the mouse cursor.
Improved stability of the program on slow computers.
Improved some shortcut icons.
Improved: "Advanced keyboard settings" window changed by "Expert" window. All extended settings have been moved to Expert window.
Improved: "Repeat delay" and "Repeat rate" settings have been moved to the Expert window.
New expert settings have been added:

Highlight the keys on the on-screen keyboard when you lift your finger,
Show hieroglyphs for Asian languages on keys,
Temporarily hide the keyboard when a system window is visible in Windows 8 and above,
Temporarily hide the keyboard when the Start Menu is visible in Windows 10,
Hide the keyboard when you swipe it down,
Maximum number of lines in the Text Suggestions.

New Javascript functions have been added: "Move to center", "Capitalize the first letter".
Fixed: Now the clipboard manager is displayed next to the text cursor when necessary.
Fixed: Now the clipboard manager is hidden on the login screen in Windows 10.
Fixed problems when typing using a stylus in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709).
Fixed an issue with the Text Suggestions window in WhatsApp software.
Fixed an issue with computer restart.
Lots of other fixes and improvements.

Version 7.5 (released February 2, 2017)

Improved Windows 10 Compatibility.
Improved: The Info window displays the Label from the action settings, if the label is not empty.
Improved: The command line for the "Run program" action now supports all environment variables like %windir%, %ProgramFiles%, %USERPROFILE%, %APPDATA%, %TEMP%, etc.
Improved: Right clicking on the item in the clipboard manager makes the clicked item active.
Improved: The "Paste as HTML Text" action in the clipboard manager now supports multi-language text.
Improved Dutch language interface.
Fixed issue with double letter entry when typing with the stylus or pen.
Fixed issue with computer restart.
Some other bugfixes and improvements.

Version 7.4 (released October 29, 2015)

Improved Windows 10 Compatibility.
New "Swap keys" action has been added in the keyboard editor.
New keyboard types: UltraPhone, UMPCx2000, UMPC_Numx2000, and TouchScreen1024.
Changed keyboard type: TouchScreen.
Removed keyboard type: UltraPhone640.
New "Word Autocomplete: Add space after completed word" option has been added to the list of dependencies.
New: Slovenian interface language has been added.
New extended options:

Hide the on-screen keyboard when a physical keyboard is present.
Prevent the mouse cursor from moving when you touch the on-screen keyboard in Windows 8 and above.
Block system keys and hotkeys like Alt+F4, Win, Alt+Tab, Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc.
Minimum height and Minimum width.

Changed the order of words in the word autocomplete window based on the statistics.
Changed the icon on the Win key.
Improved the response rate when using the keyboard with the touchscreen.
Fixed: Microsoft Edge has been added to the list of web browsers.
Fixed: Alternate symbols for number keys didn't work correctly sometimes.
Fixed: The on-screen keyboard didn't disappear with the hide gesture sometimes.
Many other fixes and improvements have been made.

Version 7.3 (released April 17, 2015)

This release includes improved performance, bug fixes, and some redesigned keyboards. Changes include:
New "Single line" option for the clipboard manager. This option lets you display rows in the list of clips in a special way: Each row will become smaller in height and will contain only one line.
New: Users can now add new colors for saved fragments in the clipboard manager.
Improved the Search box in the clipboard manager. When you start typing, the search begins automatically. When you are finished with the search, you can clear the search by pressing Esc key.
New "Changes the position of the active window" and "Changes the size of the active window" options have been added. If the active window is under the keyboard, app moves it in view.
New ability to change icon for the on-screen keyboard in the system tray, the toolbar, the floating window, and floating icon. See new "Icon" field in "Theme" section.
New "Transparent background" options for the Floating Window and the Floating Icon have been added.
New "Three finger tap on your touchscreen: Show/Hide" option has been added. Note: Windows 8 and above.
Improved: The on-screen keyboard better displays some Arabic and Hebrew vowels.
New 12 flags for languages have been added.
Improved: Installed keyboards depend on the input languages.
New "Sort alphabetically" option for the word auto-complete feature has been added.
The word auto-complete feature has been improved.
New "Terminate the active program" action in "Window control" section has been added.

Version 7.2 (released December 2, 2014)

New: The order of words in the word autocomplete window depends on the statistics accumulated by application. The application initially has predefined data on word frequency and word order for the most popular languages. These data are stored in the Common subfolder. When you type any text, the application memorizes the words that you use, so that later it can place the most frequently used ones in the beginning of the list. Which words are suggested also depends on the previously typed text.
New: The ability to set a label to an action assigned to a hotkey has been added.
Improved: Text cursor position tracking has been enhanced.
Improved: The detection of password entry in the active field has been improved.
New: Gestures support has been improved. Now the user can assign various actions to gestures.
New: An option named "Hide the on-screen keyboard when typing on a physical keyboard" has been added. It works as follows: The on-screen keyboard disappears when the user presses a key on the physical keyboard. The on-screen keyboard appears again when the user touches the touchscreen, or calls the on-screen keyboard by pressing a hotkey or clicking the keyboard icon.
New "Pinch or stretch to zoom when using a touchscreen" option has been added. To zoom in or out, touch the on-screen keyboard with two fingers, and then move the fingers toward each other (pinch) or away from each other (stretch).
New "Touch with two fingers to move" option has been added. To move the on-screen keyboard, touch it with two fingers, and then move in the same direction.
New: A volume control has been added in the "Sounds" section of the Options dialog box.
New command line parameters for the application have been added: /HELP and /?. They instruct the application to display the list of accepted command line parameters in a message box, and then exit.
Improved: Compatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows has been improved. New files has been added: KeysCm64.exe, CKeysH64.dll.
Improved: Compatibility with Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 has been improved.
Improved: Touchscreen support has been improved.
Improved: "Show the on-screen keyboard when the text cursor is visible" option can work together with "Auto Hide" option now.
Improved: The order of on-screen keyboard settings has been changed.
Improved: When saved settings are loaded, the toolbar's state is restored.
Improved: An option to disable the Tablet PC Input Panel has been added for Windows 7.
Improved: Detection of active window change by clipboard manager has been improved.
Improved: The on-screen keyboard adjusts the animation speed on machines with limited graphics capability.
Improved: When the keyboard disappears from the screen, it releases the Shift, Alt, Ctrl, and Win keys .
Improved: The "Move the on-screen keyboard to a screen border" option works only when the on-screen keyboard appears. If the user moves the keyboard to any location on the screen, it will remain at that location until disappears.
Improved: If the Windows option "Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse" is on, this option will be temporary disabled when the on-screen keyboard is visible.
Improved: Compatibility with Google Chrome and Opera has been improved. New extensions have been released.
New "Trianlgles2" and "StandardLA" keyboards have been added.
Fixed: Some Arabic characters were displayed incorrectly.
Fixed: The "Draw a border around a key" option didn't work if the "Color" parameter was set. The "TouchScreenWin8" keyboard has been changed.
Fixed: On a UK keyboard, two keys were processed in one location.
Fixed: When the clipboard manager was closed by pressing the Esc key, the previous active window didn't become active.
Fixed: The problem with disappearing keyboard icon next to the text cursor has been solved.
Lots of other fixes and improvements.

Version 7.1 (released January 27, 2014)

Improved DPI Scaling support.
Improved application icons.
New large icons have been added.
New keyboard type: TouchScreenWin8.
New option "Auto replace" has been added to the template settings.
New option "Color" for keys has been added: Picture/Color...
New ability to set the font of the key label has been added.
Improved: New versions of extensions for Firefox and Chrome have been released.
New command "MoveTo X,Y" has been added for JavaScript functions.
Improved: You can combine the calls in JavaScript functions: document.title = SavedTitle + " - HVKeyboard Name Mini - HVKeyboard MoveTo 100,10 - HVKeyboard Show";
Improved confirmation of templates with a key.
Improved: The zoom of the keyboard changes when you change the keyboard type. The zoom depends on the screen resolution.
Improved: Keyboard always provides visual feedback when you touch a key.
Fixed: The bug that occurred when you touch one key with two fingers.
Fixed: Issue with incorrect text cursor detection in 64-bit systems.
Fixed: Sometimes a blank button appears in the taskbar.
Fixed: The repeat key settings don't work right when you touch the key with Korean language.
Fixed: Sometimes the keyboard appears briefly even though you launch the process with the /HIDEKEYBOARD command line parameter.
Fixed: Sometimes keys stay pressed when the PC wakes up from sleep mode.
Fixed: Issue with saving labels of keys in Unicode.
General fixes and various minor improvements.

Version 7.0 (released December 6, 2012)

Lots of improvements for Windows 7 and Windows 8 touch-screen support.
Comfort Keys Pro has been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be Windows 8 Compatible.
Improved: Section "Exceptions" has been replaced with new section "Dependencies". Comfort Keys Pro changes the settings depending on the currently active application.
New: New function "Show alternate characters or symbols" has been added. Comfort Keys Pro will show alternative characters when you press and hold a key. The selected character is typed when you release the key. The feature doesn't work when the "Enable key repeat" setting is on.
New: The word suggestion tool now processes the ' character in combinations like I'll, L'amour.
Improved: Setting "Show the toolbar in the taskbar" has been added for 64-bit systems.
New: New settings in the keyboard editing window have been added:

Change "Fit Width" regardless of the program settings,
Change "Lock Aspect Ratio" regardless of the program settings,
Always dock the keyboard to the lower edge of the screen,
Always display characters and icons in the center of keys,
Always transparent keyboard background,
Fixed font size for all key labels (if empty, use the one from the program settings),
Dividing points - used when changing the keyboard size. The keyboard splits along the specified points, the keys slide in opposite directions.

Improved: Improved the Docking function for full-screen applications (IE in the kiosk mode) and Windows 8.
Improved: The default settings have been changed.
Improved: The keyboard editing window has been improved.
Improved: Color schemes have been slightly adjusted: Summer, Dark, and Night.
New: New option "Windows 8 Style" in the "Appearance" section - when enabled, rounded corners of windows and buttons are turned off.
New: The Ctrl+F (switch to the search field) hotkey combination in the clipboard manager has been added.
New: Ability to backup and restore the clipboard clips has been added.
New: Ability to change the assigned key combination in window "Keyboard Shortcuts Settings" has been added.
New: Ability to copy an action in window "Keyboard Shortcuts Settings" has been added.
New: Fragments of the clipboard can be manipulated as files if you drag them to Windows Explorer, Browser or Paint.
Improved: The size of word suggestion buttons changes depending on the keyboard font size.
Improved: The limit for pasting text as keystrokes has been removed. You can interrupt pasting with Escape key.
New: Added special keyboard type for touch screens - TouchScreen.
New: Flag for Thai language has been added.
New: Slovak interface language has been added.
Fixed: The bug that occurred when switching the input language to extended layouts has been fixed.
Fixed: The incorrect positioning of characters in the Japanese Hiragana, Kana layout has been fixed.
Code optimization and various minor improvements.