HttpCapabilitiesBase.InputType Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Configuration

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Returns the type of input supported by browser.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ InputType { System::String ^ get(); };

public virtual string InputType { get; }

member this.InputType : string

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property InputType As String

Property Value

String

The type of input supported by browser. The default is telephoneKeypad.

Examples

The following code example shows how to determine the type of input support.

<%@ page language="C#"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        CheckBrowserCaps();
    }

    void CheckBrowserCaps()
    {
        String labelText = "";
        System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities myBrowserCaps = Request.Browser;
        if (((System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)myBrowserCaps).InputType.Equals("keyboard"))
        {
            labelText = "Input device is a keyboard.";
        }
        else if (((System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)myBrowserCaps).InputType.Equals("telephoneKeypad"))
        {
            labelText = "Input device is a telephone keypad.";
        }

        Label1.Text = labelText;
    }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Browser Capabilities Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server" id="form1">
        <div>
            Browser Capabilities:
            <p/><asp:Label ID="Label1" Runat="server" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        CheckBrowserCaps()
    End Sub

    Function CheckBrowserCaps()

        Dim labelText As String = ""
        Dim myBrowserCaps As System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities = Request.Browser
        If (CType(myBrowserCaps, System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)).InputType.Equals("keyboard") Then
            labelText = "Input device is a keyboard."
        Else If (CType(myBrowserCaps, System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)).InputType.Equals("telephoneKeypad") Then
            labelText = "Input device is a telephone keypad."
        End If

        Label1.Text = labelText

    End Function 'CheckBrowserCaps
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Browser Capabilities Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server" id="form1">
        <div>
            Browser Capabilities:
            <p/><asp:Label ID="Label1" Runat="server" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Possible return values include:

virtualKeyboard
telephoneKeypad
keyboard

Applies to

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