HttpCapabilitiesBase.InputType Property

Returns the type of input supported by browser.

Namespace: System.Web.Configuration
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property InputType As String
'Usage
Dim instance As HttpCapabilitiesBase
Dim value As String

value = instance.InputType

/** @property */
public String get_InputType ()

public function get InputType () : String

Not applicable.

Property Value

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

Possible return values include:

  • virtualKeyboard

  • telephoneKeypad

  • keyboard

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

<%@ 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>

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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