diff --git a/src/lib/components/Keyboard.ts b/src/lib/components/Keyboard.ts
index 470e1b9b..2ea0bdd3 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Keyboard.ts
+++ b/src/lib/components/Keyboard.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ class SimpleKeyboard {
      * @property {boolean} physicalKeyboardHighlightPress Presses keys highlighted by physicalKeyboardHighlight
      * @property {string} physicalKeyboardHighlightTextColor Define the text color that the physical keyboard highlighted key should have.
      * @property {string} physicalKeyboardHighlightBgColor Define the background color that the physical keyboard highlighted key should have.
+     * @property {boolean} physicalKeyboardHighlightPressUseClick Whether physicalKeyboardHighlightPress should use clicks to trigger buttons.
+     * @property {boolean} physicalKeyboardHighlightPressUsePointerEvents Whether physicalKeyboardHighlightPress should use pointer events to trigger buttons.
      * @property {boolean} preventMouseDownDefault Calling preventDefault for the mousedown events keeps the focus on the input.
      * @property {boolean} preventMouseUpDefault Calling preventDefault for the mouseup events.
      * @property {boolean} stopMouseDownPropagation Stops pointer down events on simple-keyboard buttons from bubbling to parent elements.
diff --git a/src/lib/interfaces.ts b/src/lib/interfaces.ts
index 5f237028..d9c5edce 100644
--- a/src/lib/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/lib/interfaces.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ export interface KeyboardOptions {
      */
     physicalKeyboardHighlightPressUseClick?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether physicalKeyboardHighlightPress should use pointer events to trigger buttons.
+     */
+    physicalKeyboardHighlightPressUsePointerEvents?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Define the text color that the physical keyboard highlighted key should have.
      */
diff --git a/src/lib/services/PhysicalKeyboard.ts b/src/lib/services/PhysicalKeyboard.ts
index 27612b7d..1db86788 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/PhysicalKeyboard.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/PhysicalKeyboard.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ class PhysicalKeyboard {
           options.physicalKeyboardHighlightTextColor || "black";
 
         if (options.physicalKeyboardHighlightPress) {
-          if (options.physicalKeyboardHighlightPressUseClick) {
+          if (options.physicalKeyboardHighlightPressUsePointerEvents) {
+            buttonDOM.onpointerdown();
+            buttonDOM.onpointerup();
+          } else if (options.physicalKeyboardHighlightPressUseClick) {
             buttonDOM.click();
           } else {
             instance.handleButtonClicked(buttonName, event);