Android Question Hide button keyboard

Using the ForceDone option on an edittext will show the hide button

JonPM said:

Using the ForceDone option on an edittext will show the hide button

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I did this already, but no hide button

There should be a hide button when you set ForceDone to true. However different keyboard apps can behave in different ways. You can add a "hide" button to the layout and call IME.HideKeyboard to hide the keyboard.

Erel said:

There should be a hide button when you set ForceDone to true. However different keyboard apps can behave in different ways. You can add a "hide" button to the layout and call IME.HideKeyboard to hide the keyboard.

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Hi Erel,

There is no Hide key, only the GER. key (Dutch keyboard) which is on the position of the Enter. This key hides the keyboard, but it is a bad translation (shortcutted) and my users (60+) don't understand.

Some keyboards have on the left corner a button especialy to hide the keyboard. I hoped there would be one.

Why this question:
Sometimes the keyboard is above an entry field. To check the already value it would be nice the drop the keyboard.

Is there a way to hide the keyboard by clicking/hitting outside the board, somewhere on the form?

For now, I will test with a "hide" button on the form and let my users trying it.

Thanks.
André

AHilberink said:

Sometimes the keyboard is above an entry field. To check the already value it would be nice the drop the keyboard.

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You can let Android "scroll" the activity automatically when needed: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/keyboard-appears-on-top-of-edit-text.12136/#post-68090

AHilberink said:

Is there a way to hide the keyboard by clicking/hitting outside the board, somewhere on the form?

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Handle Activity_Click and hide the keyboard.

Erel said:

You can let Android "scroll" the activity automatically when needed: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/keyboard-appears-on-top-of-edit-text.12136/#post-68090


Handle Activity_Click and hide the keyboard.

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Thanks, Erel. I will use these solutions.