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 Inspector button 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.
 
iPhone/iPod touch: Standard iOS Number keyboard
iPad: Custom Number keyboard that matches the iPhone Number keyboard
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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.