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Setting up a field to display a keyboard

You can set up text, number, date, time, and timestamp fields to use a specific type of keyboard to help you quickly enter values in FileMaker Go.

To set up a field to display a context-specific keyboard in FileMaker Go:

1.	In Layout mode, select a text, number, date, time, or timestamp field.

2.	Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Data.

3.	In the Behavior area, select Touch keyboard type, and choose one of the following keyboard types from the list.

 

Choose	For FileMaker Go to use
System Default	Number and Punctuation keyboard for date, time, and timestamp fields, and the default keyboard for the iOS device for text and number fields
Default for Data Type	Numeric 10-Key keyboard for number fields, the standard iOS keyboard for text fields, and the Number and Punctuation keyboard for date, time, and timestamp fields
ASCII	Standard iOS ASCII keyboard
URL	Standard iOS URL keyboard
Email	Standard iOS Email keyboard
Numeric 10-Key	Custom 10-key keyboard (calculator-style)
Number Keypad	iPhone/iPod touch: Standard iOS Number keyboard iPad: Custom Number keyboard that matches the iPhone Number keyboard
Number and Punctuation	Standard iOS Number and Punctuation keyboard
Phone	Custom keyboard with symbols commonly used in phone numbers

Notes

•	The default keyboard for existing layout objects is System Default.

•	The default keyboard for new layout objects is Default for Data Type.

•	In FileMaker Go and Windows 8, you can use the Enable Touch Keyboard script step to enable or disable the touch keyboard. You can use the Get(TouchKeyboardState) function to check the current setting of the touch keyboard.