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 came across a newer question the other day and a great answer that may help with your keyboard issue.

Time out on jquery hover (touch)

Essentially it uses a JQuery function that returns a boolean if it was able to create a touch event.

$(document).ready(function() {

    function hasTouch() {
        try {
           document.createEvent("TouchEvent");
           return true;
        } catch (e) {
           return false;
        }    
    }

    var touchPresent = hasTouch();
});