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Learnmore SpecifyingvirtualkeyboardtypeforEditTextinXML AskQuestion Asked 11years,3monthsago Active 2years,3monthsago Viewed 7ktimes 2 I'mcreatingaListActivity.IneachlistitemIhaveaViewI'vecreatedwhichcontainsaRatingBarandanEditText.Inthescreenshotatthebottom,youcanseethevirtualkeyboardcontainsareturnlinekeyandno"Done"key.Iwouldliketospecifyadifferentstyleofkeyboardtouse(andhopefullyretainthespellcheckingbar).Iwouldlikemyvirtualkeyboardtohavea"Done"keyinsteadofareturnkey.CanIsetthestyleofvirtualkeyboardI'mwantingintheEditText'sXML?Ifso,how? Thanksforyourhelp androidandroid-edittextvirtual-keyboard Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedAug5'19at21:07 Glorfindel 20.3k1313goldbadges7070silverbadges9797bronzebadges askedAug11'10at19:33 AndrewAndrew 20.1k3131goldbadges9494silverbadges173173bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 4 Tryandroid:imeOptionsorTextView#setImeOptions().Checkthedocs. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredAug11'10at19:49 benvdbenvd 5,75955goldbadges3838silverbadges5959bronzebadges 1 Thisworksbetterthanmyothersolution(myothersolutioncausedabug).However,Idohavetwoproblems:1)WhenIclicktheEditTexttobringupthekeyboard,theEditTextlosesfocusandIhavetoclickitagain.2)WhenIclick"Done"onthevirtualkeyboard,thefocusgoestomyRatingBar.Idonotwantthistohappen;soI'vesettheRatingBar'sclickableandfocusableattributestofalse,butyoucanstillfocusonit:\Isuspectbothproblemsarerelated.Anyideas? – Andrew Aug11'10at19:52 Addacomment  |  1 Itwouldappear android:inputType="textImeMultiLine|textAutoCorrect" doesmostlywhatIwant.ItonlyallowsmetohavemyEditTextbe1row,though. 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