KEYBOARD keyword

Displays a keyboard on screen for user input. Each key is an image with a character. To read the key pressed, use ON KEY and _KEY.

Syntax

KEYBOARD "image", "chars", (x, y), "fontname", fontsize, color, "effect", effectvalue

Parameters

  • image: image key to display (required)
  • chars: chars to use as keys, default will add all letters. Special cases: a space jumps the size of a key, a pipe | starts a new line, a [s] adds a space key.
  • x: integer of horizontal position
  • y: integer of vertical position
  • fontname: font to use
  • fontsize: font size as integer
  • color: color specified using hex value
  • effect: possible effect
  • effectvalue: integer value to customize the effect

Example

KEYBOARD "button_square_gray"
KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "abcdef"
KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "abcdef", (200, 100)
KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "abcdef", (200, 100), "default"
KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "abcdef", (200, 100), "default", 50
KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "abcdef", (200, 100), "default", 50, #0C71FF
KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "abcdef", (200, 100), "default", 50, #0C71FF, "fade-in"
KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "abcdef", (200, 100), "default", 50, #0C71FF, "fade-in", 2000

DIM myKeyboard AS KEYBOARD
myKeyboard = KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "1234567890"

KEYBOARD "button_square_gray", "abcdefghi|jklmnopqr|stuvwxyz| [s]"

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