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

It may not be detecting the keyboard. But I would try detecting if the user is on a mobile browser. Since the devices that have native virtual keyboards almost unanimously run on mobile browsers.

Here is a nice little script that uses jquery

If they aren't mobile present your standard input field.

If they are mobile do not display the input field (So they don't get the virtual keyboard), instead have a hidden field or list that gets updated with jquery when they click the buttons for your pinpad.