Configurable on-screen keyboard for touchscreen applications with support for QWERTY, AZERTY,
DVORAK, NUMERIC, CELLPHONE keyboard layouts as well as fully customizable keyboard layouts.
Includes a keyboard that can be dropped on a form as well as a popup touchscreen keyboard that can optionally automatically follow focus.

• Configurable keys
• Automatic highlighting of Shift / Alt-Gr key values
• Automatic display of shift state
• Customizable background color or image for normal & down state
• Popup version that can automatically follow focus control
• Method to load & save keyboard layouts
• Keys can have text or images
• Different keys can have different colors

TMS touchscreen keyboard components offer TAdvTouchkeyboard & TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard.
TAdvTouchkeyboard and TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard are components to display a configurable
onscreen keyboard for touch screen applications. The keyboard has built-in settings for QWERTY,
AZERTY, DVORAK, NUMERIC, CELLPHONE keyboards but also supports fully customizable keyboard
layouts.
Usage
Using TAdvTouchkeyboard is simple. The built-in keyboard layouts can be selected with the property
AdvTouchkeyboard.KeyboardType property. Drop the component on the form and when the property
AutoPostKey = true, it will automatically post the keyvalue for the keyboard key pressed to the
active focused control. Alternatively, if it is not desirable to have TAdvTouchkeyboard automatically
send keyboard keys, key presses can be handled through the event OnKeyDown or OnKeyClick event.
The OnKeyDown event returns the key code and shift state. The OnKeyClick event returns the index
of the key clicked in the TAdvTouchkeyboard.Keys collection.
Special keys such as Shift, Alt, Ctrl, Alt Gr are sticky keys. This means that the first click on the key
puts the key in down state and the second click puts the key back in normal state. The sticky
behaviour makes it possible to access all key states with single clicks.
TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard works very similar except that it is shown in a popup window. To use
TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard, drop it on a form and call TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard.Show to show at
default position or TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard.ShowAtXY(x,y) to show at x,y screen coordinates.
TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard has the additional capability that its position can track the edit or memo
control that has focus and can automatically display and hide when an edit/memo control has focus
or not. To do this, set TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard.AutoFollowFocus and
TAdvPopupTouchkeyboard.AutoHide to true.

Publisher Description

Configurable on-screen keyboard for touchscreen applications with support for QWERTY, AZERTY, DVORAK, NUMERIC, CELLPHONE keyboard layouts as well as fully customizable keyboard layouts. Includes a keyboard that can be dropped on a form as well as a popup touchscreen keyboard that can optionally automatically follow focus.
* configurable keys
* automatic highlighting of Shift / Alt-Gr key values
* automatic display of shift state
* customizable background color or image for normal & down state
* popup version that can automatically follow focus control
* method to load & save keyboard layouts
* keys can have text or images
* different keys can have different colors

About TAdvTouchKeyboard

TAdvTouchKeyboard is a component which allows developers to create onscreen customizable keyboards. The on-screen keyboard can be personalized to fit in the applications’ GUIs or design and are compatible with a wide variety of keyboards, including, but not limited to QWERTY, AZERTY, DVORAK, NUMERIC, CELLPHONE keyboard layouts as well as fully customizable keyboard layouts.

The library includes a keyboard that can be dropped on a form as well as a pop-up touchscreen keyboard that can optionally automatically follow focus. Moreover, the pop-up version can be configured to automatically follow the focus control for an enhanced user experience.

Considering that you can change the background color or image for normal and down state, the component can be personalized in a wide variety of ways. The keys included can have any image or text content that may be relevant to the design or that have the role of capturing the user’s attention.

In addition, you can take advantage of the automatic display of the shift state or highlighting of Shift / Alt – Gr values. If necessary, you can even work on a design that features different keys with various colors. All in all, all keys that you want to add can be customized and it can help you obtain a unique design.

Configurable on-screen keyboard for touchscreen applications with support for QWERTY, AZERTY, DVORAK, NUMERIC, CELLPHONE keyboard layouts as well as fully customizable keyboard layouts.

Includes a keyboard that can be dropped on a form as well as a popup touchscreen keyboard that can optionally automatically follow focus.* configurable keys * automatic highlighting of Shift / Alt-Gr key values * automatic display of shift state * customizable background color or image for normal & down state

• popup version that can automatically follow focus control * method to load & save keyboard layouts * keys can have text or images * different keys can have different colors