How to Turn On or Off Shift Lock on the Touch Keyboard in Windows 11
Shift Lock on the Windows 11 touch keyboard keeps capital letters turned on until you tap the shift key again, working just like the cap lock key on a standard physical keyboard. Turning this feature on or off takes just a few clicks in your Windows 11 Settings app .
Open Settings by pressing the Win and I on your keyboard, select Time & language, tap Typing, and then choose Touch keyboard to find the Shift lock settings toggle. You can turn the switch on to make double-tapping the shift key lock capital letters, or turn it off if you keep getting stuck typing in all caps by mistake.
Double-tap the Shift key on the touch keyboard to toggle Shift Lock on or off. This locks the Shift key for continuous uppercase typing. The Shift key will show a lock icon when active.
What is Shift Lock on the Touch Keyboard?
The touch keyboard appears on screen whenever text fields require input, allowing text entry without physical hardware. Double-tapping the Shift key activates Shift Lock. Every subsequent letter remains uppercase until another tap on the Shift key disables the lock.
Active Shift Lock changes the appearance of the key by displaying a small lock icon. Regular touch keyboard layouts support this functionality, but traditional keyboard layouts do not.
How to Turn On or Off Shift Lock
Quick activation relies on double-tapping the Shift key directly on the touch keyboard. Preventing accidental activation requires modifying a specific system setting.
Disable Shift Lock using Registry Editor
- Press Win + R on your keyboard to open the Run box.
- Type
regeditand press Enter. If asked for permission, click Yes. - In Registry Editor, use the left sidebar to go to this folder:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftTabletTip1.7
- Look for a value named
EnableShiftLockon the right side. - If it doesn’t exist, right-click on the right side, choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it
EnableShiftLock. - Double-click
EnableShiftLockand set the value data to:- 1 to enable Shift Lock (this is the default)
- 0 to disable Shift Lock
- Click OK, then close Registry Editor.
- You might need to restart your PC or sign out and back in for the change to take effect.
Here is what the registry file looks like if you want to create a file to do this:
Enable Shift Lock (default)
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7" /v EnableShiftLock /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fDisable Shift Lock
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7" /v EnableShiftLock /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /fQuick Summary
- Turn Shift Lock on/off quickly: Double tap the Shift key on the touch keyboard.
- Disable Shift Lock completely: Change the
EnableShiftLockvalue in the Registry Editor to 0.
Official Microsoft documentation provides additional details regarding input methods: Use the touch keyboard in Windows 11.
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