Manually Triggering the Iphone/Ipad/Ipod Keyboard from JavaScript

Trigger iOS keyboard in web application on non-text element

The question has already been posted here: Manually triggering the iPhone/iPad/iPod keyboard from JavaScript

It looks like it is not possible I'm afraid!

IOS show keyboard on input focus

I found a solution, click() didn't work, but i figured it out.

searchMobileToggle.addEventListener('click', function() {
         if(mobileSearchblock.classList.contains('active')) {
            searchField.setAttribute('autofocus', 'autofocus');
            searchField.focus();
        }
        else {
            searchField.removeAttribute('autofocus');
        }
    });

I was working with vue.js that was removing input autofocus attribute, when the component was loaded.
So i had it on click, but there was another problem, the autofocus only worked once, but combined with focus(), it now work all the time :)

Thanks for your help !

iPad Web App: Detect Virtual Keyboard Using JavaScript in Safari?

I found a solution which works, although it is a bit ugly. It also won't work in every situation, but it works for me. Since I'm adapting the size of the user interface to the iPad's window size, the user is normally unable to scroll. In other words, if I set the window's scrollTop, it will remain at 0.

If, on the other hand, the keyboard is shown, scrolling suddenly works. So I can set scrollTop, immediately test its value, and then reset it. Here's how that might look in code, using jQuery:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('input').bind('focus',function() {
        $(window).scrollTop(10);
        var keyboard_shown = $(window).scrollTop() > 0;
        $(window).scrollTop(0);

        $('#test').append(keyboard_shown?'keyboard ':'nokeyboard ');
    });
});

Normally, you would expect this to not be visible to the user. Unfortunately, at least when running in the Simulator, the iPad visibly (though quickly) scrolls up and down again. Still, it works, at least in some specific situations.

I've tested this on an iPad, and it seems to work fine.

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