Why doesn't the virtual keyboard launch AutocompleteList?
I need to use a virtual (on screen) keyboard in an asp: text textbox that has an AjaxControlToolkit autocomplex connected to it, the virtual keyboard I use is the jQuery keyboard for keyboard: http://keith-wood.name/keypadRef. html , but I have some problems combining these two
- Typing on the virtual keyboard does not bring up the autocomplete list.
- When the text box has autopostback = true, if you click on the virtual keyboard the text box loses focus and the form posts.
Does anyone know that responding to which events triggers the autocomplete list? and also i need to know how to prevent a textbox from losing focus when a button is pressed on the virtual keyboard?
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1) JavaScript sets the values and JavaScript does not cause the autocomplete list to appear. [and I doubt it's anyway to call it with JavaScript]
2) Pressing the "keyboard" removes focus from the text field and presto, the blur event is triggered and the form is submitted. [You will need to enter your own autopostback = true] The basic idea is to add a timeout that calls document.forms[0].submit()
and if focus is added back to the textbox before the timeout expiresclearTimeout()
var textbox = document.getElementById("yourElementId");
textbox.blur = function(){ this.timer = window.setTimeout( function(){ document.forms[0].submit(); }, 100 ) };
textbox.focus = function(){ if(this.timer) window.clearTimeout( this.timer ); };
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