Can a keyboard be setup to send letters? (1 Viewer)

[apoptygma]

I have a wireless keyboard that I'd like to use occasionally for 'onlinevideos' searching specifically, Currently using the built-in 'on screen keyboard' seems to be the only way to "type" (that is, use the arrow keys to move the cursor around the keyboard and hit enter on each letter. Is there a simple way to allow normal typing for text-fields which use the MediaPortal on-screen keyboard? I ask here because I think this is a standard module used not just by onlinevideos

TV-Server Version: None (Using Built in TV Support)
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.1.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3
Windows Version: Windows XP SP3
CPU Type: AMD LE-1250
HDD: 1tb Western Digital
Memory: 2gb DDR2 666
Motherboard: ASUS M2N68-AM
Video Card: Geforce 8400GS
Video Card Driver: 182.50
Sound Card: On-Board
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Dvico Lite/Home
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: 3.68.04
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: ffdshow
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec NSK2480
Cooling: 2x120mm Fans
Power Supply: 380W Antec
Remote: Sunwave SMR-140
TV: LG SD/CRT
TV - HTPC Connection: S-Video

 

[empezza]

Can someone please tell me where to find "the built-in on screen keyboard" referred to above?

 

[apoptygma]

I don't know how it's plugged-in to MediaPortal but this is what it looks like when OnlineVideos Calls it, and I believe some of the settings screens use it too



I just tested it on another machine and the keyboard can type letters as one would expect. It's just on my HTPC it doesn't work (keyboard works fine outside of Media Portal)

 

[empezza]

Thanks for that.

I am using the Multishortcut plugin to run Firefox internet browser from the basichome screen, and it is working fine.
But I control MP with a mouse only, so would like an onscreen keyboard.

In the plugin config for Firefox I can set "Use Virtual Keyboard" to true, but when I click the icon to run Firefox, only the OSK appears. If I then click DONE on the OSK, Firefox appears and the OSK disappears.

Perhaps I need an overlay button on the Firefox screen to restore to OSK.

 

[apoptygma]

For that purpose the XP-built in one should do fine %SystemRoot%\system32\osk.exe I used it for a while till I got this wireless kb

 

[apoptygma]

It suddenly started working the other day but now I get "a2" whenever I type an "a" and it crashes all of MediaPortal pretty regularly