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Tamil Keyboard Interface
Simply follow the instructions below, and start making shortcuts from anywhere on the web.
- Firefox
- Make sure the “Bookmarks Toolbar” is visible. If it
is not,
go to menu View > Toolbars > select "Bookmarks Toolbar". - Click and drag the link of any of the 4 keyboards as given (1) above.
- Internet Explorer
- Make sure your “Favorites toolbar” is visible. If it is not, right click on any part of the menu bar and choose "Favourities bar".
- Click and drag the link of any of the 4 keyboards as given (1) above.
- Google Chrome
- Make sure the “Bookmarks Bar” is visible. If it is not, choose “Always show bookmarks bar” from the Tools menu.
- Click and drag the link of any of the 4 keyboards as given (1) above.
- Safari
- Make sure the “Bookmarks Bar” is visible. If it is not,
go to the menu View > Show Bookmarks Bar. - Click and drag the link of any of the 4 keyboards as given (1) above.
- Opera
- Make sure the “Personal bar” is checked under View > Toolbars.
- Click and drag the link of any of the 4 keyboards as given (1) above.
How to use the Online Keyboard bookmarklet?
- Click on the Bookmark/Favorite created in your browser.
- You will see the background color of Input boxes and the Text areas changing as given below. (In case of Internet Explorer, you may need to click the Bookmark twice)
- Now you can start typing as per the selected keyboard layout.
- To toggle between On and Off, either click on the ‘அ’ shaped icon or click on the Bookmark/Favorite itself.
They are,
- Though Bookmarklets work in Input boxes and Text areas, It will not work in few controls placed in a iFrame due to security concerens. For ex : Compose mail boxes in Gmail, Yahoo mail etc..
- In Internet Explorer, there is an issue where the Bookmarklet has to clicked twice to activate on a page.
- In few browsers, the “அ” shaped icon may be seen more than 1 time on a particular Inputbox or Textarea.
- To change a keyboard to another layout (say.. from Tamil99 to Typewriter), the particular page has to be refreshed once.
- We will try to resolve these issues along with those that will be reported by Tamil Virtual Academy once we see a resolution.