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Thank you for taking the time to read my question.

I have a text input box on which I change the format from text to number when the user taps the hash tag icon. After they tap the icon I set the focus to the text input box. This allows the user to get the number pad keyboard or the full keyboard.

if the focus is on the text input box and the format is set to number and I tap the icon to change to text the keyboard does not change back to full but stays at the number pad. I have to tap somewhere else then back in the text input box to get the full keyboard. I guess I have to “close” the keyboard and open it again to get the alternate keyboard.

I’m testing on an iPhone8 iOS 14.4.2

is there a way to close and then open the keyboard after the format of the text input box has changed?

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iwonder 1,146 on at

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Thinking more about this today...

What if I use SetFocus to move to a different control, say a non visible icon. Then as soon as the non visible icon receives the focus use SetFocus again to move it back to the text input box.

I tried it but when my icon receives the focus, the OnSelect is not triggered.

Any other ideas?

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Hi @iwonder,

Do you want to switch to the number pad keyboard when you click the hash tag icon?

I have a test and the situation is confirmed on my side that it does not support to close the current keyboard and open another type of keyboard automatically when you change the format of the Text input control.

Actually, it is not allowed to switch to another keyboard when you tap a certain icon, you should click somewhere else to make the current keyboard disappear then you could click the hash tag icon to switch to another type of keyboard, which is by design.

If you would like this feature to be added in PowerApps, please submit an idea to PowerApps Ideas Forum:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Ideas/idb-p/PowerAppsIdeas

Regards,

Qi

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Hi Qi,

After more testing what I think is happening is when I change from a Text field to a number field the keyboard does change because non numeric characters are not allowed. However when I change from number to text field it stays as the number pad keyboard because numbers are allowed.

In order to change the keyboard back to full I have to tap away and then tap the input box.

I think the only way to make this work is to:
a) have a OnFocus event that can call other actions such as OnSelect
b) Powerapps forces the full keyboard when an input field is set to Text when the number pad is active

I will submit this as an idea unless someone has a better suggestion on how to achieve this.

Force Full Keyboard - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

Thanks!

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