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getKeyboard

Summary

Get keyboard meta data for the selected keyboard and language.

Syntax

tavultesoft.keymanweb.getKeyboard(keyboardName, languageCode)

Parameters

keyboardName
Type: string
The ID (internal name) of the keyboard.
languageCode
Type: string optional
The 3-letter language code, according to ISO 639-3.

Return Value

Object
An object with metadata corresponding to the requested keyboard.

Description

The keyboard object contains the following members:

Name
string
User-friendly name of the keyboard.
InternalName
string
Internal name of the keyboard.
LanguageName
string
User-friendly name of the language actively tied to the keyboard.
LanguageCode
string
The three-letter code used to internally represent the language.
RegionName
string
The user-friendly name of the region of the world within which the language is predominantly found.
RegionCode
string
The three-letter code representing the region.
CountryName
string optional
The user-friendly name of the country in which the language is spoken.
CountryCode
string optional
A three-letter code corresponding to the country.
KeyboardID
string optional
Deprecated. A unique identifier for the keyboard. (Use 'InternalName' instead.)
Font
string optional
The font packaged with the keyboard to support its use.
OskFont
string optional
The font packaged with the keyboard to properly display specialized OSK characters.

See also tavultesoft.keymanweb.addKeyboards() and its documentation about keyboard specification objects.