Virtual keyboard - Usage

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The turret’s virtual keyboard provides an alternative input mechanism: it allows users to input text in various parts of the turret firmware GUI without the need for physical keys.

Theme

The colors of the turret’s virtual keyboard change depending on the chosen theme:

themes

Transparency

It is also possible to configure the transparency of the virtual keyboard (background and keys separately).

Transparency allows the user to keep an eye on the parts of the GUI under the virtual keyboard that may receive updates and to react quickly accordingly.

See configuration.

transparency

Hide keyboard

The turret’s virtual keyboard can be manually hidden by pressing the key illustrated with a "keyboard" icon.

hide-key

Special and accented characters

Adding some accented characters is pretty easily. Just hold your finger on the letter you’d like to accent. You’ll see a pop-up of all available accent marks and symbols you can choose from.

special-characters

Many other special characters are also accessible by pressing the key "&123".

Automatic capitalization

The turret’s virtual keyboard can automatically switch from/to uppercase and lowercase for first words.

See configuration.

Language

The language can be changed by pressing the language key, which is illustrated with a "globe" icon.

languages

The name of the current language is displayed on the space bar key.

Layouts

The turret’s virtual keyboard supports the following languages:

Dutch Layout

layout-nl_NL

English Layout

layout-en_GB

French Layout

layout-fr_FR

German Layout

layout-de_DE

Hebrew Layout

layout-he_IL

Russian Layout

layout-ru_RU

Simplified Chinese Layout

layout-zh_CN

Traditional Chinese Layout (Zhuyin)

layout-zh_TW-Zhuyin

Traditional Chinese Layout (Cangjie)

layout-zh_TW-Cangjie

Spanish Layout

layout-es_ES

Portugese Layout

layout-pt_PT