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c#textboxwindows-phone-8keyboard
Arrie
Arrie

Reputation: 1337

disable the keyboard on textbox tap on windows phone

okay, so i am now very frustrated about this topic on google, because no one asks the right questions.

i have a textbox on my windows phone 8 applications right.

now once i click on that textbox the SIP keyboard pops up(that part i get, it is done by the OS).

now what i want to do is once i click on the textbox i dont want the SIP to open up , cause it will navigate to a another page, but i cant make it a button cause the user can edit the info in the textbox once they chose the data from the other page.

now is there a property on windows phone textboxes that will restrict the keyboard from popping up?

and i cant make it read-only because that will not look good, and then the user will see the textbox as uneditable.

any links, code , or previous questions will be appreciated!

EDIT: I have also tried setting focus on some other control, but it doesn't happen fast enough so keyboard also pops up!,

I have no physical controls, my controls are all dynamic, depends on what is sent through the webservice:

Here is a sample! :

 else if (field.CtlType == WFCoreLib.DataModels.Generic.FieldAttributes.ControlType.ctFinder)
                        {
                            TextBox txtFindercontent = new TextBox();
                            txtFindercontent.HorizontalAlignment = System.Windows.HorizontalAlignment.Right;
                            //txtFindercontent.Text = field.FieldDescLoc.ToString();
                            txtFindercontent.SetValue(Grid.ColumnProperty, 1);
                            txtFindercontent.SetValue(Grid.RowProperty, count);
                            txtFindercontent.Width = 220;
                            txtFindercontent.FontSize = 20;
                            txtFindercontent.TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap;
                            txtFindercontent.IsHitTestVisible = true;
                            //txtFindercontent.LostFocus += txtcontent_LostFocus;
                            txtFindercontent.Name = "fndDescription" + count.ToString();
                            txtFindercontent.Tag = field.MaxValue + "," + field.FieldDescLoc + "," + field.IsRequired + "," + count + "," + blockindex + "," + field.FieldID + "," + field.ColumnName + "," + field.FieldCode;
                            txtFindercontent.GotFocus += txtFindercontent_GotFocus;

                            if (field.FieldType == WFCoreLib.DataModels.Generic.FieldAttributes.DataType.dtInteger || field.FieldType == WFCoreLib.DataModels.Generic.FieldAttributes.DataType.dtDouble)
                            {
                                InputScope scope = new InputScope();
                                InputScopeName name = new InputScopeName();

                                name.NameValue = InputScopeNameValue.Number;
                                scope.Names.Add(name);

                                txtFindercontent.InputScope = scope;
                            }

PS: The Apple/iPhone textbox has a property that restricts the keyboard. i hope WP8 has one aswell

Regards

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1600

Answers (1)

Nitha Paul
Nitha Paul

Reputation: 1401

I think you can achieve this by a simple logic. So what you want to do is, Create a transparent button using expression blend. Place that button above your textbox. Bind the ZIndex property of your button. Whenever you navigates to the page check your text box contains any values. If yes set the ZIndex of button to move behind the TextBox. If the condition is wrong do the reverse. I think this will solve your issue.

Upvotes: 2

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