Simulating Android/iPhone/WM7

Hello,

I'm trying to incorporate the keyboard into my test application to behave like an Android/iPhone/WM7. That is, when the keyboard is displayed, move everything up. I'm having some trouble with this and was hoping someone could help. I'm using "docking" to achieve what I'm looking for. It works, but it's just not "sexy" enough. I was hoping someone might have done this already and they could share their code. Here's what I have so far:

 private void showKeyboard(ref BeeMobile.RoundTextBox.RoundTextBox InputControl, ref BeeMobile.TransparentControls.TLabel InputControlLabel)
        {
            if (keyboardControl1.Visible == true)
            {
                hidekeyboard(ref InputControl, ref InputControlLabel);
            }
            else
            {
                ctrlOriginalPos = InputControl.Location;
                ctrlOriginalSize = InputControl.Size;

                lblOriginalPos = InputControlLabel.Location;
                lblOriginalSize = InputControlLabel.Size;

                keyboardControl1.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom;
                keyboardControl1.Height = 314;
                keyboardControl1.Width = 480;

                pnlMenu.Visible = false;

                keyboardControl1.Visible = true;
                keyboardControl1.BringToFront();

                InputControl.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom;
                InputControl.BringToFront();

                InputControlLabel.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom;
                InputControlLabel.BringToFront();
            }
        }

 private void hidekeyboard(ref BeeMobile.RoundTextBox.RoundTextBox InputControl, ref BeeMobile.TransparentControls.TLabel InputControlLabel)
        {
            keyboardControl1.Visible = false;

            InputControl.Dock = DockStyle.None;
            InputControl.Location = ctrlOriginalPos;
            InputControl.Size = ctrlOriginalSize;

            InputControlLabel.Dock = DockStyle.None;
            InputControlLabel.Location = lblOriginalPos;
            InputControlLabel.Size = lblOriginalSize;

Any help would really be appreciated.

Thanks.

-- Val

Hi Val,

by "not sexy enough" you probably mean the overlapping of controls.

Just an idea: I would try to move every controls to a Panel except the Keyboard control. Then when I show the keyboard I would set its Dock property to Bottom, and then you can move the Panel up to view the focused RoundTextBox control. Also don't forget to turn off the AutoScroll property of your Form.

Hope it helps!

Best regards,
Gabriel
the BeeMobile team

Thanks Gabriel. Yes, that did help.

--- Val