keyboardHint
The keyboardHint property gives an indication on the kind of data the form field contains, to let the front-end adapt the keyboard accordingly.
The keyboardHint
property can be used to give a hint to the front-end, regarding
the kind of data the form field will contain. According to this hint, the front-end will open the
virtual keyboard adapted to the data type, especially useful when designing application forms for
mobile platforms.
keyboardHint
are:default
: No hint, the only hint is the data type of the program variable bound to the form field.email
: The field is used to enter an e-mail address.number
: The field is used to enter a numeric value.phone
: The field is used to enter a phone number.
For example, when defining a numeric field with the keyboardHint
property set to
number, the iOS device will display a numeric keyboard when entering data into that field.
Figure: Mobile application using a numeric keyboard
![iPhone screenshot showing the keyboard optimized for numeric input.](Images/iphone-numkb-1.jpg)
For additional information, see the KEYBOARDHINT attribute topic in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.