I Love the InputScope feature in Windows Phone 7, there are few InputScopes available for Silverlight for WP. I listed below. The InputScope property provides a way to automatically associate keyboard to textboxes. So, take advantage of it!
To add InputScope to a textbox is easy, just we need to add one more property like this below
<TextBox Name=”txtSiteAddress” InputScope=”Url”/> –// if you want to add text for web site URL
If you set InputScope=”Text”, started typing words it will suggests few related words (Like when I tried to type India..)
Check with list of InputScopes
Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone
| What? | Why? |
|---|---|
| AddressCity | For a city address. |
| AddressCountryName | Name of a country or region. |
| AddressCountryShortName | Abbreviated name of a country/region. |
| AddressStateOrProvince | A state or province. |
| AddressStreet | Street address. |
| AlphanumericFullWidth | Alphanumeric full-width characters. |
| AlphanumericHalfWidth | Alphanumeric half-width characters. |
| ApplicationEnd | Not supported. For internal use in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| Bopomofo | Input pattern for the Bopomofo Mandarin Chinese phonetic transcription system. |
| Chat | The SIP layout for text messaging, which recognizes pre-defined abbreviations.Supported only in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| CurrencyAmount | Amount of currency. |
| CurrencyAmountAndSymbol | Amount and symbol of currency. |
| CurrencyChinese | Chinese currency. |
| Date | Calendar date. |
| DateDay | Numeric day in a calendar date. |
| DateDayName | The name of the day in a calendar date. |
| DateMonth | Numeric month in a calendar date. |
| DateMonthName | The name of the month in a calendar date. |
| DateYear | The text input pattern for the year in a calendar date. |
| Default | The default handling of input commands. |
| Digits | The text input pattern for digits. |
| EmailNameOrAddress | The SIP layout for an e-mail name or address. Supported only in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| EmailSmtpAddress | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) email address. |
| EmailUserName | An email user name. |
| EnumString | Not supported. For internal use in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| FileName | Input pattern for a file name. |
| FullFilePath | The full path of a file. |
| Hanja | Hanja characters. |
| Hiragana | Hiragana writing system. |
| KatakanaFullWidth | Full-width Katakana characters. |
| KatakanaHalfWidth | Half-width Katakana characters. |
| LogOnName | A log on name. |
| Maps | The SIP layout for entering a map location. Supported only in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| NameOrPhoneNumber | The SIP layout for SMS To field. Supported only in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| Number | For a number. |
| NumberFullWidth | For a full-width number. |
| OneChar | One character. |
| Password | For a password. |
| PersonalFullName | A person’s full name. |
| PersonalGivenName | A person’s given name. |
| PersonalMiddleName | Person’s middle name. |
| PersonalNamePrefix | The prefix of a person’s name. |
| PersonalNameSuffix | The suffix of a person’s name. |
| PersonalSurname | A person’s surname. |
| PhraseList | A phrase list. |
| PostalAddress | A postal address. |
| PostalCode | A postal code. |
| Private | Not supported. For internal use in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| RegularExpression | Input pattern for a regular expression. |
| Search | The SIP layout for a search query. Supported only in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| Srgs | The Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS). |
| TelephoneAreaCode | Telephone area code. |
| TelephoneCountryCode | Telephone country/region code. |
| TelephoneLocalNumber | Telephone local number. |
| TelephoneNumber | Telephone number. |
| Text | The software input panel (SIP) layout for standard text input. Supported only in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
| Time | Input pattern for the time. |
| TimeHour | Input pattern for the hour of the time. |
| TimeMinorSec | Text input pattern for the minutes or seconds of time. |
| Url | For a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). |
| Xml | For XML. |
| Yomi | Not supported. For internal use in Silverlight for Windows Phone. |
Check this post about iPhone keyboard types – iPhone Keyboard type – UIKeyboardType
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Do you know if there is a way to take action when the user presses the arrow button on the search inputscope keyboard? I can’t find it anywhere! So far when I just set the inputscope=search for my textbox, when I press the arrow (the search –> arrow) nothing happens…
Hi Kompir,
Have you tried this below link,else please try!
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4665869/how-can-i-tell-when-the-search-button-is-clicked-when-i-set-inputscope-to-searc
Let me know your suggestions!
Thanks