Manually triggering the iPhone/iPad/iPod keyboard from JavaScript

Question

I am developing an HTML code editor using simple DIV\'s and capturing events. When I use this on the iPad the keyboard never pops up since i\'m not technically in an editab

Answer 1

If your code is executed via something that was initiated via a user action then it will work.

E.g;

this works (pops keyboard):

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this doesn't work (input gets a border but no keyboard pop):