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If you need to use modifier keys and keyboard shortcuts, like copy and paste, or anything else with the Command / Apple / option / control keys, enabling Stick Keys can be a big help. The virtual keyboard will also always hover atop of existing windows or screen content on the Mac, and in a lot of ways it’s like the software keyboards on iOS devices, minus the touch screen of course, but it is equally as universally applicable across everything on the Mac.Ī Helpful Modifier Key Trick for the Virtual Keyboard on Mac This onscreen keyboard can input text anywhere, so not only can it be used for standard typing but it can be used for entering passwords, and even key presses for games and other apps. Place the keyboard on screen in the desired location, and resize the newly visible keyboard as necessary by dragging the corners.Pull down the newly visible Keyboard menu and choose “Show Keyboard Viewer”.

Check the box next to “Show Keyboard & Emoji / Character Viewers in menu bar”.Go to “Keyboard” preference panel, and then choose the “Keyboard” tab.Go to the  Apple menu then open System Preferences.Enabling this screen keyboard is a little hidden away in system preferences, but it’s very easy to show, hide, and use, once it has been made accessible: