Hallo Community We have a use case regarding the mappView PDFViewer widget where it would be interesting to know if anyone has already solved this. Background In the properties, the widget allows you to choose whether to use the mappView plugin or the browser’s built-in viewer. [image] Problem O…

Hello @FIH-RSB , looks like no one there has solved it. If you do so, it would be great if you shared details with us :slight_smile:

I just want to add that we are searching for a reliable solution as well. We are using a Windows panel and adressed this to B&R some years prior. They wrote us a custom tool that listens to a PVI variable and as soon as this is set to true it opens the standard on screen keyboard (OSK) in Windows. …

MappView PDFViewer - On-screen keyboard for text search

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david.nytko (David Nytko) May 22, 2026, 4:17pm 6

I have found a work around, please take a look at PDF Search Workaround for Systems with No Keyboard for more details.

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MappView PDFViewer - On-screen keyboard for text search

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