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It looks like the UI uses an editable div. I believe that editable divs do not trigger the built in keyboard on an iPhone, and there's no way to force it to do

• Flow 16y ago
  Alright, but shouldn't the solution be to allow the user to use either Google's keyboard or the built-in(by using textarea)? The built-in one has a dictionary and some autocompletion, which could be good or annoying... :)
  • olegp 16y ago
    Most likely annoying if you're writing code.
    • Flow 16y ago
      Perhaps, maybe on par with seeing some home-made keyboard on screen. IMHO.
    • bergie 16y ago
      Yes, a custom keyboard for this kind of app should include the necessary buttons for JavaScript. Curly braces, etc.
• dnewcome 16y ago
  I have played with making an absolutely positioned single-char text input box in my custom editor (https://github.com/dnewcome/richie https://github.com/dnewcome/richie). The idea is that it forces the built-in keyboard to show but the input is caught and inserted into the DOM. I don't use contenteditable since it doesn't work on most mobile devices. My hacks are really rough but I think the technique could be polished eventually.