How to detect keyboard is open on N97

[bduthoit]

Hi I try to find a way to detect when the keyboard is open on my n97.

I'm tying to do this whit the serviceApi 1.0 and the FlipStatus

var criteria = new Object();
    criteria.Entity = "General";
    criteria.Key = "FlipStatus";
    try {
        var result = systemServiceObj.ISysInfo.GetInfo(criteria);
    }
    catch (ex) 
    {
        alert(ex);
        return;
    }
 
    if(result.ReturnValue.Status)
	alert("Flip is open");
    else
	alert("Flip is closed");

But, this returns me that my keyboard is open even if it is close when i'm in landscape mode.

I tried to detect the GripStatus and on my n97, it returns me GripStatus is always "true".
What is GripStatus?


So is there another way to detect this??
Any widget event fired when the keyboard opens?

Regards.

[pablopoo]

I saw a keydown code when the keypad is open/close. Maybe that is the way to do that.

[bduthoit]

That's a solution.

I made another, using the flip status, and orientation sensors.

So, when the orientation sensor returns "DisplayUpwards" or DisplayRightUp" and ths flipStatus is "1" i display the landscape mode.

[isalento]

If you just want to detect landscape mode, why not to check that is window width bigger than window height?

var viewWidth = window.innerWidth;
var viewHeight =window.innerHeight;		

var orientation = (viewWidth > viewHeight ? "landscape" : "portrait");

-Ilkka