A Keyboard with Custom Style and Custom Layout

Learn how to load a custom layout for the keyboard and apply unique styling for special keys using data triggers for the VirtualKey property.

Common API

The sample shows you how to send key strokes from code, how to auto fill the keyboard layout and how to auto release modifier keys.

Layout Ring

This sample project demonstrates how to set up a layout ring, which allows a LayoutRingKey on the keyboard to cycle through a sequence of keyboard layouts. The LayoutRingKey displays either the Image or Label property of next KeyboardLayout.

Layouts

The sample demonstrates the default layout of the virtual keyboard, the extended layout and a custom layout. The control allows you to create a keyboard with whatever layout and number of keys you want.

Numpad View

The sample shows just a numpad keyboard when the focus is on fields that accept only numerical data. For the rest of the fields the full keyboard is rendered.

Popup Keyboard

This sample shows you how to make the keyboard popup automatically when the application starts. The focus is on a text area in the application.

Standalone Keyboard

The sample shows you how to use the control as a standalone keyboard. Key strokes are rendered on the document that has the current focus.

Styles

The sample shows you the predefined color themes of the keyboard, which are 10.It also shows you the default style, the custom style and a style where the keys are represented by images.