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title: Using the KeymanWeb Floating Interface
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---
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KeymanWeb's Floating user interface provides a straightforward and
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unobtrusive method of incorporating a range of languages and keyboards
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into a website.
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### Using the Floating Interface to Type in Your Language
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### Control Bar
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<img src="images/ui-fl-control.gif" style="display:block; float:left; padding:5px">
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On a website which uses this KeymanWeb interface to allow typing in one
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or more languages, the **Control Bar** *(left)* will appear when you
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click in a text box or text area.
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The Control Bar will be located either to the right of or below the text
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box, depending on how the website has been set up, and will disappear
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when you click on a different part of the website.
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### Selecting a Keyboard
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<img src="images/ui-fl-control2.gif" style="display:block; float:left; padding:5px">
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In the centre of the Control Bar is a menu which displays a list of all
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the keyboards that have been integrated into the website. To choose the
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keyboard or language in which to type, click once on that keyboard's
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name in the Keyboard Menu. The name will then be highlighted on the
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menu, and you can start typing immediately.
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If a website incorporates several keyboards, it is possible to type in
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more than one language inside a single text box by returning to this
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menu and selecting a different keyboard. To return to typing in English
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or your default language, simply choose 'English' from the menu.
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KeymanWeb will only affect the keyboard used in the text box to which it
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is attached. If you type text into any other text box or text area, it
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will continue to appear in your normal language.
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### On-Screen Keyboard
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<img src="images/ui-osk.gif" style="display:block; float:left; padding:5px">
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The [On-Screen Keyboard](osk) *(left)* is a dynamic display showing the
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layout of the keyboard you are using. Clicking on the On-Screen Keyboard
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icon  on the right side of the Control Bar
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turns the On-Screen Keyboard on and off. When the On-Screen keyboard is
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activated, this icon will have a border around it, as shown. However, to
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avoid obscuring the display, the On-Screen Keyboard will not actually be
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displayed unless you have clicked in a text box which incorporates
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KeymanWeb. For more information about using the On-Screen Keyboard,
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[click here](osk).
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