So Close and Yet So Far: the Webshell On-Screen Keyboard

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So Close and Yet So Far: the Webshell On-Screen Keyboard
By Jason Robitaille | Saturday, Jun 20, 2009 |


One thing people continually want for the WebOS is an on-screen keyboard.  And why not? Sometimes you only need to write a quick message and don't want to pull down the keyboard. Other times, you're in landscape and don't want to have to attempt using the hardware keyboard sideways.
/ B0 ~3 R1 k; j' N0 tWell, today PreCentral forums member Deesugar was playing around with WebShell, a browser-based SSH client, running in the Pre's browser, when he discovered an on-screen keyboard.  Don't get too excited though. Contrary to the confusion in the forums thread, it's not a WebOS on-screen keyboard, it's actually just a part of WebShell, as you can see from the official screenshots webpage).
So where do that leave us? Well technically we're back where we started, with no on-screen keyboard.  That being said, it could be possible to use the WebShell keyboard as a basis to try and create one for the WebOS.  Which is a definite possibility given that the WebOS itself is based on html/css/js.
: Y0 L& F; q8 JEven better, it seems the idea of a virtual keyboard has been now added to PreDevWiki's Development & Tweak Ideas page with people already working on it. Let's hope it's not too long before we see an official or unofficial on-screen keyboard solution.

meiyijun001

老大，这些keyboard如何下载啊？

leo_boy

这个是WebShell开发的，貌似是收费的。

ethanjone

为啥要安个水果皮，不喜欢。。。