Working with Touchscreen Monitor and Virtual Keyboard in Simple View

Introduction to Simple View | Receipt Elements

Simple View supports a touchscreen interface. You can interact with the Simple View either by using a regular keyboard and mouse, or from a touchscreen monitor.

To use a touchscreen monitor with Simple View, you need to install necessary hardware and configure Point of Sale. Refer to Setting Up Hardware for details.

The touchscreen interface has a virtual keyboard that appears automatically when you select/focus on a Simple View receipt field requiring data-entry. The layout of the virtual keyboard is the same as a regular keyboard. You can enter data simply by tapping the keys displayed on the touchscreen monitor.

Refer to the table below to for regular keyboard and mouse actions, and the equivalent touchscreen actions.

Mouse / Keyboard Action | Touchscreen Action
Single click field / button / drop-down list | Tap field / button / drop-down list once
Double click field / button /drop-down list | Tap field / button / drop-down list twice (in quick succession)
Right Click field / button /drop-down list | Tap and hold field / button / drop-down list
Select field / drop-down list item | Tap field / drop-down list arrow
Press keys on the keyboard | Tap appropriate field on the touch screen to bring up a virtual keyboard on the touchscreen monitor. Tap any alphabet / number / special character (@, #, and so on) on the virtual keyboard, to enter the alphabet / number / special character in selected field.
Entering numbers / special characters | The virtual keyboard has only alphabetic keypad visible by default. Tap {.123 on the alphabetic keypad to open the numeric keypad to enter numbers and special characters. Tap ABC on the numeric keypad to return to the alphabetic keypad.
Click and hold down a mouse button | Tap and hold

Note: You can use regular keyboard-mouse combination interchangeably with the touchscreen monitor-virtual keyboard combination, except when the virtual keyboard is available for data-entry. You must close the virtual keyboard to be able to use regular keyboard and mouse for data-entry in Simple View.

Related Topics

Introduction to Simple View

Receipt Elements in Simple View

Setting Up Hardware