TouchKeyboardTextInput

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sample	csharp cpp cppcx	windows windows-uwp	TouchKeyboardTextInput	path target SharedContent SharedContent path target LICENSE LICENSE	Shows how to enable optimized views on the touch keyboard by using input scopes and input types with the TextBox control.

Touch keyboard text input sample

Shows how to enable optimized views on the touch keyboard by using input scopes and input types with the TextBox and RichEdit Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) control. Also, this sample demonstrates spell checking by using the IsSpellCheckEnabled property, and it shows text prediction by using the IsTextPredictionEnabled property.

Note: This sample is part of a large collection of UWP feature samples. You can download this sample as a standalone ZIP file from docs.microsoft.com, or you can download the entire collection as a single ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

The input types shown in this sample are:

• URL
• Email
• Password
• Number
• Search
• Telephone

Note The Windows universal samples require Visual Studio to build and Windows 10 to execute.

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Related topics

Conceptual

Getting started with apps
Guidelines and checklist for login controls
Guidelines and checklist for touch keyboard
Responding to user interaction

Reference

IsSpellCheckEnabled
IsTextPredictionEnabled
RichEdit
TextBox
Windows.UI.Core

Related samples

• TouchKeyboardTextInput sample for JavaScript (archived)

System requirements

• Windows 10

Build the sample

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
2. Go to the directory to which you unzipped the sample. Then go to the subdirectory containing the sample in the language you desire - either C++, C#, or JavaScript. Double-click the Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file.
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

Run the sample

The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.

Deploying the sample

• Select Build > Deploy Solution.

Deploying and running the sample

• To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or select Debug > Start Without Debugging.