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Getting Started with WPF VirtualKeyboard

This tutorial will walk you through the creation of a sample application that contains a VirtualKeyboard control.

Assembly References

To use RadVirtualKeyboard, add references to the following assemblies:

  • Telerik.Windows.Controls
  • Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation

Defining the RadVirtualKeyboard

Defining RadVirtualKeyboard in XAML

 <telerik:RadVirtualKeyboard /> 
WPF RadVirtualKeyboard Default Layout

There is no need to manually subscribe an input element to the keyboard control. When you click a key on the VirtualKeyboard, a key press message is send to the OS. In addition to this, the control is unfocusable which means that if you focus a text input (like TextBox for example), the focus will stay there while you press the keys.

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