Valve’s portable Steam Deck console is designed to allow players a PC gaming experience anywhere they want without carrying around all the peripherals. A trackpad is built into the device that does the work of the mouse. But what about the keyboard? At some point, a user might need the keyboard to type something; this is where the desktop mode of the Steam Deck comes into the picture.
If you enable the desktop mode on your Steam Deck, you should be able to use the on-screen keyboard on your device. But recently, some users have complained that they face troubles while trying to do so. If you are one of these troubled users, this article will help you. Here, we have discussed the probable reason why you could be having this problem and its solution. So, without any further ado, let’s get into it.
How to fix the Steam Deck keyboard not working?
You cannot just tap on any entry point and expect the keyboard to appear. You need to press the Steam + X buttons for the virtual keyboard to show. Once you are done typing, you can press the Steam + X buttons again to remove the keyboard.
Talk about being possessive! Steam literally has made everything in this device dependent on being connected to their servers!!! Not cool. We already paid for their device so it’s not fair for them to make us unable to us it if we’re offline or whatever.