VirtualKeyboard.Wpf

Virtual keyboard for wpf - designed to be used in kiosk-like applications

Setup

Add style file to your main App.xaml resources

<Application.Resources>
	<ResourceDictionary>
		<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
			<ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/VirtualKeyboard.Wpf;component/ResourceDictionaries/DefaultStyles.xaml"/>
		</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
	</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>

And you're ready to go

Usage

To open keyboard window manually from either code-behind or view model, you just write

var value = await VKeyboard.OpenAsync();

You can also listen for click event on certain UIElement type to automatically open keyboard dialog and assign new value to certain property. Just add (preferably in App.xaml startup event)

VKeyboard.Listen<TextBox>(e => e.Text);

Now every time you click on any TextBox - keyboard dialog will showup with default value of Text property, and will automatically assign new value. ** Hint ** You can combine it with checking for touch devices, so it will only listen when there is an available touch device.

Custom styling

You can create your own style resource file and add it instead of a default one. Additionaly you can specify your own Keyboard host window. Just create a new window with two ** ContentControl **controls - similar to DefaultKeyboardHost:

<Window x:Class="VirtualKeyboard.Wpf.DefaultKeyboardHost"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:VirtualKeyboard.Wpf"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        WindowState="Maximized" ShowInTaskbar="False" ResizeMode="NoResize" WindowStyle="None" AllowsTransparency="True">
    <Window.Background>
        <SolidColorBrush Opacity="0.5" Color="Black"/>
    </Window.Background>
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="2*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <Grid Grid.Row="0">
            <ContentControl MaxWidth="700" MaxHeight="150" x:Name="KeyboardValueContent"/>
        </Grid>
        <Grid Grid.Row="1">
            <ContentControl MaxWidth="900" MaxHeight="360" x:Name="KeyboardContent"/>
        </Grid>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Now just register new host

VKeyboard.Config(typeof(DefaultKeyboardHost));