diff --git a/src/lib/components/Keyboard.css b/src/lib/components/Keyboard.css
index 1ac92d2d..3d5555dd 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Keyboard.css
+++ b/src/lib/components/Keyboard.css
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ html {
   font-size: inherit;
 }
 
-.simple-keyboard.hg-theme-default .hg-button:active {
+.simple-keyboard.hg-theme-default:not(.hg-touch-events) .hg-button:active {
   background: #e4e4e4;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Keyboard.js b/src/lib/components/Keyboard.js
index 05d47233..b951f301 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Keyboard.js
+++ b/src/lib/components/Keyboard.js
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class SimpleKeyboard {
      * @property {boolean} useButtonTag Render buttons as a button element instead of a div element.
      * @property {boolean} disableCaretPositioning A prop to ensure characters are always be added/removed at the end of the string.
      * @property {object} inputPattern Restrains input(s) change to the defined regular expression pattern.
+     * @property {boolean} useTouchEvents Instructs simple-keyboard to use touch events instead of click events.
+     * @property {boolean} autoUseTouchEvents Enable useTouchEvents automatically when touch device is detected.
      */
     this.options = options;
     this.options.layoutName = this.options.layoutName || "default";
@@ -618,6 +620,20 @@ class SimpleKeyboard {
     });
   }
 
+
+  /**
+   * Process autoTouchEvents option
+   */
+  processAutoTouchEvents(){
+    if (this.options.autoUseTouchEvents){
+      this.options.useTouchEvents = true;
+
+      if (this.options.debug) {
+        console.log(`autoUseTouchEvents: Touch device detected, useTouchEvents enabled.`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Executes the callback function once simple-keyboard is rendered for the first time (on initialization).
    */