Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--disable-usb-keyboard-detect

What does --disable-usb-keyboard-detect do?

Disables the USB keyboard detection for blocking the OSK on Windows.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-usb-keyboard-detect using CLI

chrome --disable-usb-keyboard-detect

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-usb-keyboard-detect using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--disable-usb-keyboard-detect']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-usb-keyboard-detect using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-usb-keyboard-detect']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-usb-keyboard-detect using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-usb-keyboard-detect')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

WIN