If you use the touch keyboard customization on Windows 11, you can make it add a period (.) automatically when you double-tap period feature. This guide will show you how to turn that feature on or off.

The touch keyboard is useful if your PC has a touchscreen and no physical keyboard, or if you prefer to type by tapping on the screen.

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Option 1: Turn On or Off the Period After Double-Tapping Spacebar Using Settings

1. 
   Open Settings by pressing Win + I on your keyboard.
   
2. 
   In Settings, click Time & language on the left side. Then click Typing on the right side.

1. Scroll down and click on Touch keyboard to open more options.
   
2. 
   You will see an option called double-tap period on the touch keyboard.
   
   
   
   • Check the box to turn it on (this is the default).
   
   
   • Uncheck the box to turn it off
3. You can now close the Settings window.
   

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Option 2: Turn On or Off the Period After Double-Tapping Spacebar Using the Registry Editor

If you are comfortable editing the Windows Registry, you can change this setting there as well.

Turn On the Add Period Feature (Default)

Save the following text as a file named EnableDoubleTapSpaceOn.reg and double-click it to run:

reg add "HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftTabletTip1.7" /v EnableDoubleTapSpace /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Turn Off the Add Period Feature

Save the following text as a file named EnableDoubleTapSpaceOff.reg and double-click it to apply:

reg add "HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftTabletTip1.7" /v EnableDoubleTapSpace /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Warning: Be careful when editing the registry. It’s a good idea to back it up first. Learn how to back up the registry here.

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That’s it! Now you know how to turn on or off the feature that adds a period when you double-tap the Spacebar on the Windows 11 touch keyboard.