Some systems have a video subsystem that causes painting delays when the 3D keys are used - this is most noticeable during the Caps lock repaint. Here are some options:

• Turn off the 3D display - Go into OnScreen Setup | Appearance, and clear the checkbox for "Display 3D Keys"
• -or-
• Make sure you have the most up-to-date driver for your video adapter
• Try a different resolution and/or color depth (I.e. 16-bit/24-bit/32-bit), etc. Certain combinations may work better because of hardware & driver issues.

There are several possibilties using the IMG Developer's Kit - available here
OnScreen does not include the Developer's Kit by default, but it can be downloaded and unzipped as appropriate for the user/system. The DevKit sub-folder has useful utilities for manipulating the keyboard externally - specifically the FWCTLMTS.EXE (Find Window and Control), MINMZMTS.EXE (Minimize), OPEN_MTS.EXE (Open).
In the DevKit folder, the FWCTLMTS.EXE is designed to toggle OnScreen (My-T-Soft Family) off-screen (not visible)/ on-screen (visible). By creating a shortcut to this utility on the user's desktop, then go into the shortcut properties, you can add a Shortcut key (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-X) to trigger the shortcut itself. Then when a Ctrl-Alt-X occurs (via physical keyboard or OnScreen), the OnScreen keyboard window will be toggled "off-screen". Press Ctrl-Alt-X to bring it back. Ctrl-Alt-X will toggle access to OnScreen & control the screen real estate as desired by the user.
Alternatively, using a Minimize/Open (MINMZMTS.EXE / OPEN_MTS.EXE) approach with 2 different shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-A / Ctrl-Alt-Z) can perform the same general operation, but leaves the software available in its minimized state.

You have Text-To-Speech enabled, with "Speak Key under pointer" selected. Unfortunately this Text-To-Speech feature can only be used the with standard US 101 layout. This will be addressed in the UpdateLevel 1 release for the 1.78 version of OnScreen.

There is an INI only setting to control this - refer to the IgnoreSystemCapsLock in the ONSCREEN.INI. You can refer to the 6 different options at the OnScreen Initialization File Documentation The default is to mimic the actual physical setting, so the physical keyboard and OnScreen remain in sync.

This is the ScanKeyboardAlpha setting in the INI file. If a whole row is indeed hidden, then its "key set" can be removed from the ONCSREEN.INI (e.g. the top row, remove the 1-13; section)

So the

ScanKeyboardAlpha=[Function Keys]1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13; [Numbers]14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27; [Q row]28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,53; [Home row]41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,54; [Shift row]55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67; [Final row]68,69,70,71,72

Becomes

ScanKeyboardAlpha=[Numbers]14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27; [Q row]28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,53; [Home row]41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,54; [Shift row]55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67; [Final row]68,69,70,71,72

You can refer to the OnScreen Initialization File Documentation for further details. The best way to access/edit the INI is through the OnScreen Setup | User Options | Advanced, and then Appearance | Special Options | Edit initialization file.

No, the Alt-X on the physical keyboard sends Alt-X to the App with focus - in these apps, it generates the Hex value of the character at the text caret. Other Apps may have menu or keyboard shortcuts that also use Alt-X - here are some options:

There is has a [Cancel = Alt-X] area on the "switch to scan" image, which can be clicked with the mouse to cancel scanning.

OnScreen is actually monitoring the keyboard (rather than reacting to a keystroke), so if you actually are using an App that uses Alt-X, try Ctrl-Alt-X (seems to work fine in WordPad) - this bypasses the Alt-X combo in the App, but the Alt-X is seen as "down" by OnScreen, so you do not get the hex characters, but OnScreen cancels scanning.

Use Win-D to show your desktop, then Alt-X to cancel scanning.

The problem specifically is that OnScreen doesn't "take over" the physical keyboard, since it works in conjunction with the physical keyboard. A lot of work has gone into making OnScreen an enhancement, and NOT changing the way your system would operate normally. Since this is a normal operation of the App, it is simply a conflict with using Alt-X to cancel scanning. Refer to the options above for possible solutions.

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