When using a touchscreen with your Raspberry Pi, depending on the screen size, you may soon be annoyed with the amount of screen real estate the on-screen keyboard utilizes. While it can be useful if you do not have a keyboard attached, it can make it difficult if not impossible to complete forms an know what you are entering.
You may want to connect a physical keyboard via USB or Bluetooth but find that the on-screen keyboard pops up anyway. How do you disable it? Follow the steps below to disable the on-screen keyboard for touch screens.
- Go to the Start Menu and select Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration.
- Go to the Display Tab, then select “Disabled” from the On-screen Keyboard option.
- Click the “OK” button.
- If prompted to reboot, select “Yes”
You will find that the on-screen keyboard no longer blocks the screen content.
