If you have a touchscreen PC running Windows 11, an on-screen virtual keyboard can be essential if you want to use it like a tablet. By enabling an icon in your taskbar, you can bring up the touch keyboard at any time.

In Windows 11, the removal of tablet mode has been intentional, and it has been replaced with the ‘Display orientation’ setting. You can manually enable the on-screen keyboard. To enable the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) in Windows, follow these steps:

Tablet Mode is a feature in Windows 11 that makes the user interface more touch-friendly. It enlarges icons, increases spacing, and allows for easier navigation without a mouse and keyboard. Can I use Tablet Mode with a keyboard attached?

What I'd like to be able to do is, for the time being, basically fold the laptop into "tablet mode" but use the keyboard and mouse instead of the screen. I know that Windows 11 doesn't have the specific Tablet Mode like Windows 10 did, but is there any way to turn it off manually in Windows 11?

Any Windows tablet with the ability to fold or remove its keyboards will be able to access Tablet Mode. For example, most Microsoft Surface laptops have a detachable keyboard and therefore have access to Windows 11’s Tablet Mode.