'keep keyboard open on Ionic when button click ( chat app )

I have an Ionic v1 chat application, I made everything, but I encountred the famous problem when clicking on a send button (send chat) the keyboard loses focus from the input and then closes.

I've tried many approaches, but it none of them work:

  • Input directive to keep focus,
  • forcing focus on click event,
  • modifying the value of InputUserAction in config.xml to false.

Any help is much appreciated.

<div class="sender">
<input type="text" ng-model="..." class="...">
<div class="button-send">
<span class="send-chat"><i class="ion ion-send"></i></span>
</div>
</div>
htmlangularjscordovaionic-frameworkandroid-softkeyboard


Solution 1:[1]

just use (mousedown)="sentMessage(); $event.preventDefault()"

<ion-button (mousedown)="sentMessage(); $event.preventDefault()">
      <ion-icon ios="ios-send" md="md-send"></ion-icon>
</ion-button>

Solution 2:[2]

ALright found a fix! for all of you out there, who are using ionic for a chat like app, and want the keyboard to stay focused after clicking on a button,

Just, replace the button by a label with for="inputID" like so:

<div class="sender">
<input id="inputID" type="text" ng-model="..." class="...">
<div class="button-send">
<label for="inputID" class="send-chat"><i class="ion ion-send"></i></label>
</div>
</div>

Solution 3:[3]

(mousedown)="doSomething(); $event.preventDefault()"

works with latest Ionic version too.

Solution 4:[4]

Try forcing the keyboard to open via it's cordova plugin https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-plugin-keyboard#keyboardshow

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Solution Source
Solution 1 shanthan
Solution 2 Sletheren
Solution 3 Suraj Rao
Solution 4 Marouan

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