Question

just a quick question – most tablets and devices have a touchscreen keyboard that will allow the user to enter text. we’ve all seen them a million times.

How do I

• a) set the keyboard to a different type (say numeric)
• b) how do I change the “done” message to something else say in iOS when it’s the
  ENTER key (i’ve noticed many apps that do that)
• c) how do I capture the “ondone” event or “onsubmit” event in Flash builder 4.5.1

thanks in advance!

Answer 1

It looks like this is implemented in Flashbuilder 4.6 through the softKeyboardType command:

<s:VGroup verticalAlign="middle">    
    <s:Label text="Soft Keyboard=Number"/>    
    <s:TextInput softKeyboardType="number" width="180"/>
</s:VGroup>

Here’s a link to good article on it:
http://devgirl.org/2011/11/29/flex-mobile-development-flex-4-6-cool-new-soft-keyboard-features-sample-w-source/