Text and Ink Input and Display

Using Text

An example of a

protoKeyboard

This proto enables the caret (if it is not already visible) in the key-receiving view
while the keyboard is displayed. Characters corresponding to tapped keys are
inserted in the key-receiving view at the insertion bar location. The caret is disabled
when the keyboard view is closed.

This proto is used in conjunction with

protoKeypad

to implement a floating

keyboard. The

protoKeyboard

proto defines the parent view, and

protoKeypad

is a child view that defines the key characteristics.

This proto defines key characteristics for a keyboard view (

clKeyboardView

class). It also contains functionality that automatically registers an open keyboard
view with the system. If you want to get this behavior in your custom keyboard,
use

protoKeypad

.

You use this proto along with

protoKeyboard

to implement a floating keyboard.

The view using the

protoKeypad

proto should be a child of the view using the

protoKeyboard

proto.

This proto is used to include the keyboard button in a view. This is the same keyboard
button shown on the status bar in the notepad. Tapping the button causes the on-
screen keyboard to appear. If the keyboard is already displayed, a picker listing
available keyboard types is displayed. The user can tap one to open that keyboard.

Figure 8-11 shows an example of the keyboard button.

The keyboard button