Keyboard Mobile
The keyboard will appear automatically when a user taps on editable GUI elements. Currently, GUI.TextField, GUI.TextArea and GUI.PasswordField will display the keyboard; see the GUI class documentation for further details.
Keyboard Mobile
By default, an edit box will be created and placed on top of the keyboard after it appears. This works as preview of the text that user is typing, so the text is always visible for the user. However, you can disable text preview by setting TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput to true. Note that this works only for certain keyboard types and input modes. For example, it will not work for phone keypads and multi-line text input. In such cases, the edit box will always appear. TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput is a global variable and will affect all keyboards.
Note that TouchScreenKeyboard.area will return a Rect with position and size set to 0 until the keyboard is fully visible on the screen. You should not query this value immediately after TouchScreenKeyboard.Open(). The sequence of keyboard events is as follows:
It is possible to configure the keyboard to hide symbols when typing. This is useful when users are required to enter sensitive information (such as passwords). To manually open keyboard with secure text input enabled, use the following code:
Smartphone evolution has generally tended away from onboard physical keyboards towards touchscreen-driven devices. While the trend is usually exemplified by the Apple iPhone, the trend is also evident on other platforms, such as Android, Windows Phone and even BlackBerry. From an accessibility perspective, onboard physical keyboard are not a strict requirement, however, without them, the less obvious software supports for keyboard accessibility can be put at risk.
Onboard physical keyboards can benefit several groups of users with disabilities. The first are people with visual disabilities who can benefit from keys that are discernible by touch without activation, so clearly separated keys, key nibs and standard layouts are also important factors. A second group are people with certain dexterity disabilities, who can benefit from keyboards optimized to minimize inadvertent presses, so key spacing and shape are also important factors. A third group are people who can be confused by the dynamic nature of onscreen keyboards and who can benefit from the consistency of a physical keyboard.
2. Enhanced support for external control, especially via Bluetooth. Size constraints in mobile devices have always meant that onboard physical keyboards tend to be small, which can make them difficult to use for people with certain dexterity impairments. Moreover, such onboard keyboards are not usable at all by people who are unable to touch the devices directly, instead relying on ability switches and/or wheelchair controls. The most common type of external control support that is being added to mobile devices is support for external keyboards, which are then free to be larger than onboard keyboards (though some are small and mobile) and can be equipped with keyguards, if required. The various Bluetooth connection possibilities have also begun to enable external control via ability switches and/or wheelchair controls (e.g., via Tecla Access [2]).
In order to enable effective navigation and control by a person using a keyboard or ability switch(es), the following functional requirements must be met (relevant success criteria in the UAAG 2.0 Public Working Draft [3] success criteria will be cross-referenced):
In order to ensure keyboard accessibility, mobile software developers will need to be aware of the important accessibility role played by keyboard interfaces and will need to test this functionality as a routine part of QA.
This paper records an attempt to conduct such an evaluation with respect to keyboard accessibility of web content as rendered on a range of mobile web browsers, making use of keyboard accessibility functionality where an onboard physical keyboard is not present. Testing was performed in March 2012.
The results of the testing show that robust keyboard accessibility is technically feasible (e.g. iPhone 4S Safari), many browsers are not paying attention to keyboard accessibility (e.g. iPhone 4S Opera Mini, Android4 Firefox)
Yes with exceptions: -facebook.com: some sequential navigation, but could not navigate to requests, messages, notifications at top of page, and some other elements. Could not tag a post with a user or your location, could not access the Facebook Chat sidebar. -youtube.com: some sequential navigation, but video controls and some other buttons could not be reached via tab-shift/tab. Video controls can be accessed first by mouse and then with keyboard, but there is a keyboard trap.
Yes with exceptions: -m.facebook.com: No operable elements receive focus highlighting. Opening the Tecla keyboard on the Facebook login page can allow user to enter in username and password, but no
Yes with exceptions: -m.facebook.com. No elements are operable. Note: At login page, opening the Tecla keyboard can allow user to enter in username and password and login. But once logged in, nothing is operable.
The field for non mobile should be read only because if a mobile browser like chrome for ios "requests desktop version" then they can get around the mobile check and you still want to prevent the keyboard from showing up.
I have found that, at least for "passcode"-like fields, doing something like ends up producing the most authentic number-oriented field and it also has the benefit of no autoformatting. For example, in a mobile application I developed for Hilton recently, I ended up going with this:
There is a danger with using the to bring up the numeric keyboard. On firefox and chrome, the regular expression contained within the pattern causes the browser to validate the input to that expression. errors will occur if it doesn't match the pattern or is left blank. Be aware of unintended actions in other browsers.
I think type="number" is the best for semantic web page. If you just want to change the keyboard, you can use type="number" or type="tel". In both cases, iPhone doesn't restrict user input. User can still type in (or paste in) any characters he/she wants. The only change is the keyboard shown to the user. If you want any restriction beyond this, you need to use JavaScript.
Using JavaScript, when your number input gains focus it will trigger the keyboard that you want. You will then have to remove the type='number' attribute, which would prevent you from entering anything other than numbers. Then transfer whatever content is in your text input to the number input. Lastly, when the number input loses focus, transfer its contents back to the text input and replace its type='number' attribute.
One of the best reasons to get an Android phone has always been how customizable it is. You can replace almost any software on your phone, including the on-screen keyboard. And there's no shortage of good keyboards, packed with clever time-saving features, gestures, and input controls. Here are seven of the best Android keyboards you can install on your phone to work faster and more efficiently.
The ai.type keyboard is a capable replacement for your phone's stock keyboard, equipped with seemingly everything under the sun. You get glide typing (where you keep your finger on the keyboard and glide from letter to letter to spell out words) along with traditional typing, word prediction, and auto-complete. There's built-in emoji art and GIFs, plus a convenient trackpad to quickly move the cursor anywhere you need it. In addition, it's one of the few keyboards with a number row across the top, like a real physical keyboard. ai.type also has a large theme market, where you can customize the keyboard with an enormous library of custom themes. You can buy it for $2.99, and there are additional in-app purchases, such as custom themes.
If your Android phone didn't come with Google's Gboard keyboard preinstalled, you should definitely add it to your keyboard inventory. It's an excellent example of a simple keyboard done well. It has a minimal, polished look and supports glide typing along with a top row of quick-access buttons for emoji, GIFs, settings, voice recognition, and more. Gboard also has some innovative features, like built-in Google Translate that converts your text to a different language as you type. Gboard is free.
Fleksy is a traditional, somewhat minimalist keyboard. You don't get glide-based typing, though there's a handful of convenient swipe gestures (you can swipe right to add a space or left to delete a word, for example). To make up for the lack of swipe typing, it has excellent predictive text suggestions. You can also theme the keyboard, though most add-on themes cost extra, which is only natural since the keyboard is free.
SwiftKey is one of the most popular Android keyboards, and for good reason. Originally developed independently, it was purchased by Microsoft and remains an excellent option (not to mention free). You get a powerful glide keyboard with superb predictive typing. SwiftKey doesn't just have support for an enormous number of languages, but like Gboard, it can also do real-time translation between languages as you type. You can also make the keyboard float anywhere on the screen, lean to the side for one-handed typing, or split for two-thumb typing.
There are few keyboards that look anything like Minuum, and using this keyboard is certainly an acquired taste. The name is a play on the word "minimum," because it packs a standard QWERTY keyboard down to mostly a single row of letters, laid out in a jangly, uneven way. To use the keyboard, you'll do a lot of gestures to magnify the part of the keyboard you're in so you can make a selection. The upside is that you get a lot of real estate back for your screen to display the document that's traditionally covered by the keyboard. The good news is that a two-finger tap instantly transforms the keyboard into a full-size QWERTY keyboard, and another tap shrinks it down again. The bad news is that the learning curve is steep, and it's particularly clumsy until you get the hang of it. After the 30-day trial, Minuum is $3.99 to purchase. 041b061a72