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Touchscreen keyboard, that is. Is Android the only mobile device with a touchscreen instead of a physical keyboard?
The reason for wanting to know this is, I want to specify "numeric" data type on some input fields so that the Android will bring up the numeric keypad istead of the alphabetic one when these input fields are touched. The "numeric" data type is a violation of W3C specs and it's not needed for conventional input devices like a real keyboard. So, i want to limit its use, but want to include all devices that have a touchscreen virtual keyboard. Do other non-Android mobile devices use a touchscreen keyboard, and would they recognize a "numeric" input field?
Win phone has a virtual keyboard, iOS has a virtual keyboard.
My old Nokia N900 ran a modified Debian distro and had both a physical and a virtual keyboard, so yes, such things are common.
Thank you. As to the second part of my question: Do you suppose most of these virtual keyboards would honor the non-standard "numeric" input field, and in such cases, pop up a numeric keypad like the android? (The purpose is to eliminate one touch for the user, and show the numeric keypad immediately instead of the alphabetic one.)
Which is to ask: ought i to err on the side of caution, and specify "numeric" only for androids, or ought i to use the non-standard "numeric" type for all mobile devices? All the browsers that i've used will default to "text" type if the type specifies is invalid or omitted, so i think no harm will be done by specifying "numeric". So this question may be a judgment call. (??)
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