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simple-keyboard
An easily customisable and responsive on-screen virtual keyboard for Javascript projects.
Want the React.js version? Get react-simple-keyboard instead!
Installation
npm
npm install simple-keyboard --save
zip file (self-hosted)
Click here to download the latest release (zip format).
Want to use a CDN instead of self-host? Scroll down to the "Usage from CDN" instructions below.
Usage with npm
js
import Keyboard from 'simple-keyboard';
import 'simple-keyboard/build/css/index.css';
class App {
constructor(){
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', this.onDOMLoaded);
}
onDOMLoaded = () => {
this.keyboard = new Keyboard({
onChange: input => this.onChange(input),
onKeyPress: button => this.onKeyPress(button)
});
}
onChange = input => {
console.log("Input changed", input);
}
onKeyPress = button => {
console.log("Button pressed", button);
}
}
export default App;
html
<div class="simple-keyboard"></div>
Need a more extensive example? Click here.
Usage from CDN
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.rawgit.com/hodgef/simple-keyboard/d477c35c/build/css/index.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="simple-keyboard"></div>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/hodgef/simple-keyboard/d477c35c/build/index.js"></script>
<script>
function keyboard_onChange(input){
console.log("Input changed", input);
}
function keyboard_onKeyPress(button){
console.log("Button pressed", button);
}
var myKeyboard = new Keyboard({
onChange: input => keyboard_onChange(input),
onKeyPress: button => keyboard_onKeyPress(button)
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Options
You can customize the Keyboard by passing options to it. Here are the available options (the code examples are the defaults):
layout
Modify the keyboard layout
layout: {
'default': [
'` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = {bksp}',
'{tab} q w e r t y u i o p [ ] \\',
'{lock} a s d f g h j k l ; \' {enter}',
'{shift} z x c v b n m , . / {shift}',
'.com @ {space}'
],
'shift': [
'~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + {bksp}',
'{tab} Q W E R T Y U I O P { } |',
'{lock} A S D F G H J K L : " {enter}',
'{shift} Z X C V B N M < > ? {shift}',
'.com @ {space}'
]
}
layoutName
Specifies which layout should be used.
layoutName: "default"
display
Replaces variable buttons (such as
{bksp}
) with a human-friendly name (e.g.: "delete").
display: {
'{bksp}': 'delete',
'{enter}': '< enter',
'{shift}': 'shift',
'{s}': 'shift',
'{tab}': 'tab',
'{lock}': 'caps',
'{accept}': 'Submit',
'{space}': ' ',
'{//}': ' '
}
theme
A prop to add your own css classes. You can add multiple classes separated by a space.
theme: "hg-theme-default"
debug
Runs a console.log every time a key is pressed. Displays the buttons pressed and the current input.
debug: false
newLineOnEnter
Specifies whether clicking the "ENTER" button will input a newline (
\n
) or not.
newLineOnEnter: false
Methods
simple-keyboard has a few methods you can use to further control it's behavior. To access these functions, you need the instance the simple-keyboard component, like so:
var keyboard = new Keyboard({
...
});
/>
// Then, use as follows...
keyboard.methodName(params);
clearInput
Clear the keyboard's input.
keyboard.clearInput();
getInput
Get the keyboard's input (You can also get it from the onChange prop).
let input = keyboard.getInput();
setInput
Set the keyboard's input. Useful if you want the keybord to initialize with a default value, for example.
keyboard.setInput("Hello World!");
Demo
Live demo
https://franciscohodge.com/simple-keyboard/demo
To run demo on your own computer
- Clone this repository
npm install
npm start
- Visit http://localhost:3000/
Note
This is a work in progress. Feel free to submit any issues you have at: https://github.com/hodgef/simple-keyboard/issues