Entering text in Windows Phone 7

Question

I am new to developing Windows Phone 7. In my project, I am adding a text box control to the main form. When I run it, I want to type text into this text box using the keyboard (PC keyboard), but I can’t. I just touch the soft keyboard (only with the mouse) - too slow, so uncomfortable! Could you tell me a way to solve this problem?

Answer 1

use the keyboard at the top of the page to help enter emulatoor with ur keyboard than sip.

There are also several other shortcuts available.

You can find them on the shortcuts for development on the Windows Phone 7 emulator

Answer 2

Press the PgUp key on the real keyboard, and you can enter the emulator.

Answer 3

You can switch the hardware keyboard emulation when the text field has focus using PAUSE or PGUP / PGDN.

Answer 4

I wrote a blog about switching to a keyboard in a WP7 emulator

http://professionalaspnet.com/archive/2010/11/02/Invoking-the-Keyboard-in-the-Windows-Phone-7-Emulator.aspx

Answer 5

To enter the WP7 emulator, use the Pause / Break key on the real keyboard. After that, you can enter the emulator using a real keyboard.