This sample demonstrates how apps can influence whether the touch keyboard displays when the user taps on a control with the pen or touch.
- Standard XAML text controls (such as TextBox, RichTextBox, and PaswordBox) display the touch keyboard by default.
- Controls derived from standard XAML text controls display the touch keyboard by default.
- Other controls do not display the touch keyboard by default.
- On the PC, you can request that the touch keyboard display for a custom control by implementing the TextPattern provider interface (ITextProvider) and the ValuePattern provider interface (IValueProvider). Not supported on Phone.
- You can request that the touch keyboard not display when focus is programmatically placed on a control.
Note In Windows 10, the touch keyboard will not display automatically if a hardware keyboard is connected, or the PC is in Desktop mode and "Automatically show the touch keyboard in windowed apps when there is no keyboard attached to your device" in Settings -> Devices -> Typing is disabled.
Note The Windows universal samples require Visual Studio 2015 to build and Windows 10 to execute.
To obtain information about Windows 10, go to Windows 10
To obtain information about Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and the tools for developing Windows apps, go to Visual Studio 2015
Client: Windows 10
Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Phone: Windows 10. (KeyboardEnabledTextBox not supported; see remarks above.)
- Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- 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 2015 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.
The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.
- Select Build > Deploy Solution.
- 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.