Dismissing ios keyboard

[Thomas McGrath III]

did you try: focus on nothing


Tom

-- Tom McGrath III
http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
mcgrath3 at mac.com

On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Chris,
> The phone and number keypads do not have return keys, and I don't seem to
> be able to force them to have one.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Chris Sheffield <cmsheffield at icloud.com>wrote:
> 
>> Mike,
>> 
>> Did you already try iphoneSetKeyboardReturnKey? If so, and this didn't
>> work for setting the return key, then the only thing I can think of would
>> be to try and set the focus to some other control using the focus command,
>> forcing the field to lose focus and the keyboard to dismiss. Maybe even an
>> off-screen or hidden control?
>> 
>> Not having tried it myself, I'm not totally sure that'll work, but it's
>> worth a try.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Chris Sheffield
>> Read Naturally, Inc.
>> www.readnaturally.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> ios:
>>> I have a single line field that I want to use with the numeric keypad.
>>> That baby has no return key, so I created a separate button on the screen
>>> to send the inputReturnkey message to it, because trying to send it a CR,
>>> typing a return does not seem to do anything.
>>> 
>>> The problem is that afterwards, the keyboard stays on the screen.  If
>> there
>>> was a keyboard with a return key on it on the screen, after hitting
>> return
>>> the keyboard would dismiss.
>>> 
>>> Since tapping at some random location that doesn't have anything
>> underneath
>>> it will also cause the field to lose focus and the keyboard to dismiss, I
>>> have tried click at x,y, where x,y is some empty space, but that doesn't
>>> seem to work, either.
>>> 
>>> How the heck do I get rid of this keyboard???
>>> 
>>> --
>>> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
>>> On the second day, God created the oceans.
>>> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
>>>  and did a little diving.
>>> And God said, "This is good."
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> use-livecode mailing list
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
>> subscription preferences:
>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> use-livecode mailing list
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
>> subscription preferences:
>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
> On the second day, God created the oceans.
> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
>   and did a little diving.
> And God said, "This is good."
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode