- Microsoft Ports over another part of the Old Control Panel for Windows 11’s Settings App
- This time its keyboard settings (after some mouse-related settings in the recent past)
- This is hidden in test buildings of Windows 11 so there is no guarantee that it will happen – but it seems to be a probable option
Microsoft continues the slow drip feed of features moving from Windows 11’s control panel over to the Settings app.
The control panel is a rusty old part of Windows 11 that has been replaced by the Settings app, even if they are actually the same thing – just a whole lot of settings.
The control panel still hangs around the desktop because it has some older options that remain important (though much of this functionality is pretty niche at this time). However, Microsoft slowly migrates all these features to settings (where everything should be, ideal), and TechSpot noticed the latest step on this front.
In this case, some keyboard settings are transferred, as marked by the regular leaks of all things Windows on X, Phantomofearth.
Welcome to another episode of control panel settings moving to settings. Hidden (not available as default) in the latest DEV and BETA CUS: Migrated keyboard character Repeat delay and repetition speed settings in Settings> Accessibility> Keyboard. pic.twitter.com/xgfi1xoxkfApril 25, 2025
These are accessibility settings for the keyboard, specifically keyboard character Repeat delay and repetition speed settings.
I should make it clear that this has not actually happened yet; As the delicious points out, this work is hidden away in the background of the latest releases of Windows 11 -Print buildings in both DEV and BETA channels.
Analysis: Peripheral consideration
Since this has not been implemented yet, we need to be aware that not any change put in place in the background of Windows 11 -Preview buildings like this end up being activated. So nothing can come of it, but given that Microsoft is slowly porting over features from the old control panel to the Settings app, it looks like this will be the next step.
Especially considering that we recently saw clues that Microsoft also moves mouse options from the control panel so that keyboard -related settings would fit it. It makes sense to migrate the full range of mouse and keyboard settings over, as it is capacities that a larger number of people running Windows 11 are more likely to use (compared to some of the unclear things that kick around in corners of the control panel).
Of course, all this (or should be) is part of a wider drive to eventually remove the control panel completely by moving all its functionality over to the modern-looking setting app.
Windows 11 will be a better place when this happens, simply because when you stumble over a less commonly used setting that still falls in the control panel, it feels very shyling when the old interface emerges in the middle of Windows 11’s streamlined and modern desktop.
As for how long this full migration process will take, yes, it’s someone’s guess. Given how slowly Microsoft has gone with this project so far – let’s just say that it doesn’t seem to be any priority – it’s probably the next version of Windows (whatever it is called – Windows Copilot, maybe) that this work is done in.
