# Hyperpixel 4 Virtual Keyboard?

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**Category:** Raspberry Pi\
**Created:** [September 7, 2018, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-virtual-keyboard/8635 "2018-09-07T06:54:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![PhilG1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PhilG1300](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/PhilG1300)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-virtual-keyboard/8635/1 "2018-09-07T06:54:05Z")

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Hi  
Just got the Hyperpixel 4 Touch Display for my Pi3. Working well. Has anyone come across a virtual touch display keyboard driver for this display rather than using an attached USB keyboard?  
Regards  
Phil.

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**Author:** ![andywarburton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/andywarburton/32/9795_2.png) [@andywarburton](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/andywarburton)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-virtual-keyboard/8635/2 "2018-09-07T11:15:19Z")

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I recall there being a virtual keyboard for Raspian that people had used with the 7" touch display… not sure how well it would work on the Hyperpixel though since it’s quite a bit smaller.

If you want to try it supposedly you just have to:

`sudo apt-get install matchbox-keyboard`

Let us know how it goes - I would love to see some screenshots!

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**Author:** ![andywarburton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/andywarburton/32/9795_2.png) [@andywarburton](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/andywarburton)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-virtual-keyboard/8635/3 "2018-09-07T11:16:16Z")

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I should mention… I got that info from this thread on the official rpi forum, there’s some follow up discussion that may be useful for you.

[https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14719](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14719)

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**Author:** ![PhilG1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PhilG1300](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/PhilG1300)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-virtual-keyboard/8635/4 "2018-09-07T12:50:40Z")

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Hello Andy,  
Thanks for your advice. Will download and post some screenshots.  
Regards  
Phil

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**Author:** ![PhilG1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PhilG1300](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/PhilG1300)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-virtual-keyboard/8635/5 "2018-09-07T15:12:39Z")

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Hello Andy,  
Got the virtual keyboard to work. Need to get it to autoload, but will do that later.  
See screen shot, it is useable.

 ![IMG_0190](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/0/008001bb8c625e794599eda502258310c2964705.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![anosognosia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/anosognosia/32/4861_2.png) [@anosognosia](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/anosognosia)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-virtual-keyboard/8635/6 "2018-11-21T08:22:27Z")

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Hi Phil,

I found that [xvkbd](http://xahlee.info/linux/linux_xvkbd_tutorial.html) was a little easier to use on this screen, especially in the “compact” mode without the numpad and F keys.

to install:

`sudo apt-get install xvkbd`

and to have it autostart,  
you can use:

`nano /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart`

and add the following as the last line of the file:

`@xvkbd -modal -compact`