Bring touch-friendly input to every screen

Effortless text input wherever a physical keyboard isn't practical. Designed for kiosks, tablets, and embedded systems.

Avalonia Virtual Keyboard control interface

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Features

Text input for machines with no keyboard.

Built for kiosks, tablets and embedded panels: the keyboard follows focus, adapts its layout to the input type, and keeps the field being edited in view.

Optimised for embedded

Designed for efficiency, it runs smoothly even on low-power CPUs and GPUs.

Intelligent layout switching

Automatically adapts to text input types such as numbers, email, or URLs.

Seamless focus awareness

Opens and closes automatically as users interact with text fields.

Multi-language support

Easily configure and switch between multiple locales and input methods.

Adaptive screen positioning

Keeps the focused field visible, never hidden behind the keyboard.

Source included

Enterprise

Full source code provided with every licence for complete control.

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WebAssembly demo

Try the Virtual Keyboard in your browser

Tap between form fields and watch the keyboard follow your focus, exactly as it would on a kiosk, compiled to WebAssembly.

Setup

Simple installation and implementation.

Add the package, drop the control into your view, and bind it. There is no renderer to configure and no per-platform code to write.

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Add the OnScreenKeyboard package to your project

dotnet add package Avalonia.Controls.VirtualKeyboard

Include your Avalonia UI license key in the executable project file .csproj

<ItemGroup>
    <AvaloniaUILicenseKey Include="YOUR_LICENSE_KEY" />
</ItemGroup>

Open your App.axaml file and include the following within the Application.Styles section

<Application xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             x:Class="YourNamespace.App">
    <Application.Styles>
        <FluentTheme />
        <!-- Include the Virtual Keyboard theme -->
        <StyleInclude Source="avares://Avalonia.Controls.VirtualKeyboard/Themes/Fluent.axaml"/>
    </Application.Styles>
</Application>

Add the VirtualKeyboard control to your view

<Window xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
        xmlns:vk="using:Avalonia.Controls.VirtualKeyboard"
        Width="800" Height="600">

    <StackPanel>
        <TextBox Name="inputField" />
        <vk:VirtualKeyboard Target="{Binding #inputField}" />
    </StackPanel>

</Window>

Or configure the keyboard programmatically

// Attach the virtual keyboard to a text input
var keyboard = this.FindControl<VirtualKeyboard>("keyboard");
keyboard.Target = inputField;
keyboard.Layout = KeyboardLayout.Qwerty;
keyboard.IsVisible = true;

Customer stories

"Avalonia has a very strong community, and frankly is a joy to work with."

Bill Henning

CEO & Founder, Actipro Software

Pro features

Virtual Keyboard is included with Pro.

One subscription carries all six premium components, 70+ chart types and the advanced tooling. Nothing on this page is a separate purchase.

Included components

Charts Rich Text Editor Tree Data Grid Markdown Viewer Media Player

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FAQ

Your questions,
answered.

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No. This component is part of the Avalonia Pro and Enterprise tiers. Activation requires an Avalonia account and a valid Pro or Enterprise licence.

Yes. Each component gives you a ready UI out of the box, but you can build a bespoke interface by using the underlying classes directly and wiring up your own commands and visuals.

Supported formats depend on the underlying platform. Check the component's documentation and the platform's own capability lists for specifics.

Avalonia UI components support Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and WebAssembly. Each component uses the native platform back-end for optimal performance and compatibility.

Make typing a breeze in your apps

Try On Screen Keyboard free for 30 days and give users effortless text input wherever a physical keyboard isn't practical. Built for kiosks, tablets, and embedded systems.

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