How to show, hide or move the On-Screen Keyboard via HTML

If you are writing kiosk software using HTML, you can control the on-screen keyboard with special JavaScript functions.

You can show, hide and move the keyboard using JavaScript. The process is simple: special JavaScript functions add keyboard-related information to the browser caption and the program monitors it for changes.

Launch Hot Virtual Keyboard and try these buttons and fields:









Auto Show (brings up the keyboard when focused):

You can download the file with JavaScript functions and examples located at http://hot-virtual-keyboard.com/commander.html

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