README_SystemKeyboard.md

System Keyboard

Inside Unity app, you can invoke the system keyboard. HoloLens2's system keyboard supports direct hand interactions.

System Keyboard Example

You can see simple example of how to bring up system keyboard in Assets\MixedRealityToolkit.Examples\Demos\HandTracking\Script\OpenKeyboard.cs

How to Invoke System Keyboard

public TouchScreenKeyboard keyboard;
...

public void OpenSystemKeyboard()
{
    keyboard = TouchScreenKeyboard.Open("", TouchScreenKeyboardType.Default, false, false, false, false);
}

How to read text typed

public TouchScreenKeyboard keyboard;
...

private void Update()
{
    if (keyboard != null)
    {
        keyboardText = keyboard.text;
        // Do stuff with keyboardText
    }
}