Virtual Keyboard¶

Pro Feature

Virtual Keyboard is available in ncSender Pro only.

An on-screen keyboard for kiosk and touch screen setups with no physical keyboard.

Features¶

Regional layouts: 16 letter layouts, including QWERTZ and AZERTY, with regional characters.
Shift: hold Shift for the second character on dual keys.
Number pad: opens by itself for number fields, such as coordinates and settings.
Opens by itself: appears when you tap a text field or code editor.
Touch-friendly: sized for fingers.

The keyboard doesn't open for read-only fields, checkboxes, sliders, file pickers or color pickers.

Supported Inputs¶

The virtual keyboard works with:

Console command input
Coordinate entry (DRO double-click)
Settings inputs
Macro editor
Program Start and Program End event editors
Plugin dialog inputs and plugin code editors

Hide and Reopen¶

Tap the tab on top of the keyboard to hide it.
While a field still has focus, a small keyboard tab stays on screen. Tap it to bring the keyboard back.
After you hide it, the keyboard stays hidden until you tap a different field.

Choose a Layout¶

Open Settings → General.
Scroll to Language & Region.
Pick a layout in On-screen Keyboard Layout.

Available layouts:

English (US) · QWERTY (default)
English (UK) · QWERTY
Deutsch · QWERTZ
Deutsch (Schweiz) · QWERTZ
Français · AZERTY
Español · QWERTY
Italiano · QWERTY
Português (Brasil) · QWERTY
Svenska · QWERTY
Norsk · QWERTY
Dansk · QWERTY
Suomi · QWERTY
Nederlands · QWERTY
Polski · QWERTY
Čeština · QWERTZ
Türkçe · QWERTY

Regional layouts add characters such as ü ö ä ß, é è à ç and £. The number pad is the same for every layout.

Changing Language also sets the matching layout. You can still pick a different layout afterwards. The Space, Enter and Done keys follow the language. See Language & Region.

Settings¶

Turn the virtual keyboard on or off in Settings → General → Application Settings → Virtual Keyboard.

Turn it off when a physical keyboard is connected, so it doesn't pop up.