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[step_jac]

Hello BB NDK Forums,

It seems as though calling virtualkeyboard_show() while a physical keyboard is paired causes the virtual keyboard not to appear. A diagonal swipe from the bottom left does however cause it to appear even with a physical keyboard connected. Is there a way to "force" show virtual keyboard programatically in this situation?

Thanks!

Stephane

[BGmot]

If it's QT app then you might try to send QEvent::RequestSoftwareInputPanel event to your main window.

[step_jac]

Thanks BGMot,

This is a custom NDK app, so no access to QT. We may need to fall back on some user interaction prompting him/her to do the bottom left swipe motion.

[mgoulet · Accepted solution]

Hi,

By design, if a physical keyboard is paired to your device the virtual one will not show by default;

If you would like to change this behaviour, you can log a feature request describing a specific use case;

https://www.blackberry.com/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa

Cheers,

Martin

[step_jac]

Hi Martin,

This makes sense design wise. The user can manually for show the KB while a bluetooth KB is connected with a bottom left to center swipe. We've updated our flow to force that process. (this is an unusual use case). I'll log it as a request,.

Thanks!

Stephane