object.inputType

Overview

Sets the keyboard type for a native text input field.

Keyboard Types

Possible string values are:

• "default" — the default keyboard, supporting general text, numbers and punctuation.
• "number" — a numeric keypad.
• "decimal" — a keypad for entering decimal values.
• "phone" — a keypad for entering phone numbers.
• "url" — a keyboard for entering website URLs.
• "email" — a keyboard for entering email addresses.
• "no-emoji" — the default keyboard, supporting general text, numbers and punctuation but does not allow emoji to be typed.

Gotchas

• To create an obscured password entry field, set the object.isSecure boolean property to true.

• The Corona Simulator and desktop apps do not support the "phone", "url", or "email" input types.

• Some operating systems permit the user to paste text which includes emoji, even though they can't be typed.

• Note that "emoji" is narrowly defined to be the multi-byte character entities that cause issues with some APIs. Some operating systems include characters on their "emoji keyboards" which are just basic Unicode symbols.

Example

local numericField = native.newTextField( 50, 150, 220, 36 )
numericField.inputType = "number"