virtualkeyboardpolicy HTML global attribute

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The virtualkeyboardpolicy global attribute is an enumerated attribute. When specified on an element that the element's content is editable (for example, it is an <input> or <textarea> element, or an element with the contenteditable attribute set), it controls the on-screen virtual keyboard behavior on devices such as tablets, mobile phones, or other devices where a hardware keyboard may not be available.

The attribute must take one of the following values:

  • auto or an empty string, which automatically shows the virtual keyboard when the element is focused or tapped.
  • manual, which decouples focus and tap on the element from the virtual keyboard's state.

Specifications

Specification
VirtualKeyboard API
# dom-elementcontenteditable-virtualkeyboardpolicy

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
virtualkeyboardpolicy
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 94 (Release date: 2021-09-21)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 94 (Release date: 2021-09-24)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 1730568
Opera – Full support
Opera 80 (Release date: 2021-10-05)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote
footnote See bug 230225
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 94 (Release date: 2021-09-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 1730568
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 66 (Release date: 2021-12-15)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 230225
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 17 (Release date: 2022-05-04)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 94 (Release date: 2021-09-21)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 230225

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.

See also