Difference between revisions of "On Screen Keyboard"
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Press the "sym" key and a scrollable 5x5 keyboard pops up full of alternate characters. | Press the "sym" key and a scrollable 5x5 keyboard pops up full of alternate characters. | ||
| − | This is controlled by | + | This is controlled by /usr/palm/frameworks/mojo/submissions/191.15/javascripts/widget_charselector.js |
| − | with the layout controlled by 3 files in templates | + | with the layout controlled by 3 files in /usr/palm/frameworks/mojo/submissions/191.15/templates/charselector |
| − | the actual list of characters that appear on the screen is controlled by /usr/palm/frameworks/mojo/submissions/191.15/resources/en_us | + | the actual list of characters that appear on the screen is controlled by /usr/palm/frameworks/mojo/submissions/191.15/resources/en_us/alternatechars_table.json |
At the simplest level then, creating an on-screen keyboard requires editing the alternate characters table json, to add the "regular" charcters to it, and then when you want a keyboard, press SYM and poof, a keyboard. | At the simplest level then, creating an on-screen keyboard requires editing the alternate characters table json, to add the "regular" charcters to it, and then when you want a keyboard, press SYM and poof, a keyboard. | ||
Revision as of 20:18, 1 August 2009
On Screen Keyboard: A path forward
The Palm Pre already COMES with an on-screen keyboard. It works in portrait and landscape, in all apps, in all fields.
Press the "sym" key and a scrollable 5x5 keyboard pops up full of alternate characters.
This is controlled by /usr/palm/frameworks/mojo/submissions/191.15/javascripts/widget_charselector.js
with the layout controlled by 3 files in /usr/palm/frameworks/mojo/submissions/191.15/templates/charselector
the actual list of characters that appear on the screen is controlled by /usr/palm/frameworks/mojo/submissions/191.15/resources/en_us/alternatechars_table.json
At the simplest level then, creating an on-screen keyboard requires editing the alternate characters table json, to add the "regular" charcters to it, and then when you want a keyboard, press SYM and poof, a keyboard.
At the next level, widget_charselector.js needs to be modified to not close the keyboard after each keypress.
A more sophisticated version would require editing widget_charselector.js to make the widget wider to accomodate more characters at a time, or perhaps a qwerty layout.
A further refinement would require digging into the mojo framework deeper. It would be really "neat" if you were in a text field and the keyboard "popped up" if the slider was closed. This would be "harder."
Still, this is a path forward which is something we haven't had before.
Please edit this page with your thoughts, and proposals.