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How to disable Japanese-mode input on a UITextField object?

I have a simple question. In an iApp in Japanese I have one UITextField object which do not need Japanese input. Is it possible to disable Japanese-mode input only for this one object. (That would make the input much easier for the user)

I have already tried:

myTextField.autocorrectionType=UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;

and it does not work.

Thanks for any tip.

Solution

  • UITextField has keyboardType property. When the keyboardType is set to UIKeyboardTypeDefault, Japanese keyboard could be shown as a default keyboard.

    typedef enum {
   UIKeyboardTypeDefault,
   UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable,
   UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation,
   UIKeyboardTypeURL,
   UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad,
   UIKeyboardTypePhonePad,
   UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad,
   UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress,
   UIKeyboardTypeDecimalPad,
   UIKeyboardTypeTwitter,
   UIKeyboardTypeAlphabet = UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable
} UIKeyboardType;

    To set keyboadType Programmatically, you can use setKeyboardType as folows:

    [myTextField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable];

    The document is here:

    http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UIKit/Reference/UITextInputTraits_Protocol/Reference/UITextInputTraits.html