Posted by By default, when you double-tap the Spacebar on your Touch keyboard on Windows 11, it shows a Period or Full-stop in the sentence. However, if you want to prevent the Touch keyboard from showing a period after double-tapping the Spacebar, this gearupwindows article will guide you. You can quickly turn off or disable this function from the Windows Settings and Registry Editor.
Once you disable the Double-Tapping the Spacebar to show Period, you need to click on the period sign visible on the Touch keyboard.
How to Allow or Stop Touch keyboard from showing Period after Double-Tapping the Spacebar on Windows 11?
To allow or disallow the Touch Keyboard from showing a Period after your double-tap the Spacebar using Windows Settings, do the following:-
Step 1. First, hit
Step 2. When the Settings window opens, hit the
Step 3. After that, select
Step 4. Then, click the
Step 5. When you’re done, check or uncheck the “Add a period after I double-tap the Spacebar” option to allow or disallow the showing period when you double-tap the spacebar on the Touch keyboard.
How to Turn On/Off Add a Period after I Double-Tap the Spacebar using Registry Editor?
To allow or prevent the Touch keyboard from showing period after double-tap Spacebar on Windows 11/10, do the following steps:-
Step 1. First, open the Registry Editor.
Step 2. Then, navigate to the following key in the left side pane:-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7
Step 3. After that, look into the right side pane and find DWORD EnableDoubleTapSpace. If it does not exist, right-click on the free space and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Step 4. Next, name it
Step 5. Now, double-click on
Step 6. Click
Step 7. Finally, reboot your computer to see the changes.
