Show keyboard in contenteditable UIWebView programmatically

Question

My UIWebView loads a contenteditable html content. I want to let the UIWebView get focused and show keyboard in the UIWebView.

I use [self.webview becomeFirstResponder], but it doesn't work. Is there any work around method?

Thanks.

Answer 1

This is now possible in iOS 6. See the boolean keyboardDisplayRequiresUserAction in UIWebView. Once set to NO then you can use focus() to set the cursor.

Answer 2

In iOS 6 > you need to 1) set your webview to keyboardDisplayRequiresUserAction = NO, and 2) call focus. Here's the code:

self.webView.keyboardDisplayRequiresUserAction = NO; // put in viewDidLoad

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
{
        [self.webView
         stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:@"document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].focus()"];
    return YES;
}

You can use document.getElementById('someId').focus() as an alternative. I've set the textField as the delegate and used the delegate method textFieldShouldReturn which fires when the return key is pressed.

Answer 3

UIwebview is not editable and you can not make it first responder. Where as you can use javascripts for that purpose , try out this answer

UIWebView with contentEditable (html editing), first responder handling?

Answer 4

need set "Visible at Launch" checkbox in you window object - keyboard will show automaticaly on input field