Does certain HTML form display certain layer by default?

#1

This is just an observation, but sometimes when I’m using other keyboards (factory keyboard or Gkeyboards), when I’m filling email field in a form, the keyboard would automatically change to a different layer that had “@” sign on it. Or, typing in URL bar would bring the layer with “.com” or “www.” keys on the keyboard. Or, typing in a numeric field that only allows numeric input, it would bring up the keypad layer.

I think, but I’m not sure, I already see this happen with keyman keyboards for “numeric” layer to be brought up automatically in some forms, but since most of the “numeric” layers are basically numbers + symbols, it feels different from “keypad”, so if this is true, then I can experiment probably with an “email” layer, or “numeric” layer that looks like a keypad

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(minus the autocomplete suggestions)

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#2

That is correct. Someday, we would like the Keyman web engine to switch to a standard “numeric” layer to handle keyboards that don’t have that. See issue 1221.

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#3

Just a small clarification: the intent is to provide a standard number pad for numeric fields so that it specifically does not have to be implemented in each keyboard.

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#4

How about email field, is there also a “email” layer that get requested? Where is this mechanism triggered? On the webpage/form level or on the device level?

#5

For now I will be adding a numeric layer for each of my keyboards. If future Keyman upgrades made this by default, I will change the keyboards.