Hello :slight_smile: we use WebViewer in widget to embed third party visualizations in mappView. This works mostly very well. Problem is if a keyboard input in third party visualization is needed. There is no chance to enter text since there is no USB keyboard connected on our machine. I don’t f…

What you’re trying to do is not possible / supported with mapp View. The mapp View keyboards are not integrated into the operating system or browser - they are part of the mapp View framework. This means, only mapp View or mapp View widgets “know” about these keyboards and can open and interact wit…

Hi @Simon_Stoll , I didn’t try it, but maybe this could help you Custom keyboards GUID: d54641de-319c-4495-974f-6a2a0561ef93

Hi @Simon_Stoll You can check about MappView configuration “Security policy” parameter ( B&R Online Help ) In help, there is mention for Paper widget but maybe this is also for WebViewer?

Hi Vanessa, thank you for your idea. But I think CustomKeyboards cannot be used in Webviewer widget, too. :confused:

Hello Simon, did you allready try to use WebViewer Action “Focus” to set focus to the WebViewer Widget before using your keyboard (it just works if you activate “keyboardOperation” in vis File see B&R Online Help (br-automation.com) )? BR Andy

Hi Andy, I have no hardware keyboard on my machine available. I just want to use virtual (mappView) keyboard inside the WebViewer widget. Greetings Simon

Hi Simon, thats clear so far… But maybe you could give “Focus” a try to see, if the not available Focus could be the reason… Does your third party visualization has an own virtual keyboard?

…focus to webViewer widget you can set with e.g. button that is on the same content, or not? I have never tried it in this way.

[image] Andreas Wagner: to see, if the not available Focus could be the reason… Hallo Andy, i did set focus by focus action triggered by a button. But this didn’t work for me. I think focus action is useful if you want to navigate with a (hardware) keyboard in your visualization and don’t w…

Thank you very much for your input and technical explanation. I will try with osk.exe. Maybe this is an solution for us.

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