Detect virtual keyboard vs. hardware keyboard

Question

I have been thinking about this a while now, and I can\'t figure a way to deal with it. Is there any way to detect if the user uses a virtual (software) keyboard or a tradit

Answer 1

I don't think overriding default onscreen keyboard is a good idea, and I'd recommend going with what Jani suggested - virtual keyboards adapt too.

But I'm sure it is possible to detect most keyboards with the resize event paired with focus on the field or by monitoring window.innerHeight (or some other [a-z]*Height) and comparing value before and after field focus.

This is a weird case of feature detection, so it will need plenty of experimentation. I wouldn't do it if I were you.