How to Get a Phone Key Pad in the Edit Textbox on an Android

The onscreen keyboard is the same for every Android device. Whenever you edit text using an Android-powered device's onscreen keyboard, you are presented with a virtual QWERTY keyboard to perform the task. This keyboard does not contain any numbers, however, so in order to input numbers into the text field, you must switch the text input to a numeric key pad. You can switch to a numeric key pad any time you are editing or composing text on your Android device by simply tapping a special key.

Difficulty:Easy1

Launch the Android application you want to use to compose or edit text.

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Tap the text field you want to edit to place your text cursor there.

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Locate the numbers and symbols key on the onscreen keyboard. This key is labeled "?123" and is located in the bottom-left corner of the keyboard.

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Tap the "?123" key to switch to numeric key pad mode. Now, you can enter numbers into the text edit field.

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