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Jason Rogers
Jason Rogers

Reputation: 19344

Android: Virtual Keyboard: the use has no idea what EditText he is filling in

I have a few forms that the user has to fill in and I use EditText to enter the information.

the problem is, when the user uses the virtual keyboard there no information about which field he is filling in.

so its fine when there is only one field but when he has 4 or more he fills in the first one, presses next and he has to remember what was the second field and so on

is there a way to set a title in the EditText so that instead of being just a text zone it has a title to remind the user what he is inputing ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 296

Answers (2)

Femi
Femi

Reputation: 64700

Unfortunately the input method editor bits don't let you do that (though that would be nice). Try setting the attribute android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi" on the EditText instances.

Upvotes: 0

Graham Borland
Graham Borland

Reputation: 60681

You can add a hint, which pre-fills the EditText with a useful reminder (in a faded-out colour). This disappears when the user starts typing.

android:hint="Type your name here"

Upvotes: 2

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