摘要 |
A system and method is introduced for using a physical keyboard with a computing device that has a display which may be a touch sensitive display. In the preferred embodiment the keyboard may be situated on top of the display covering part of the display or rotated behind the display allowing the entire display to be used. When the keyboard is placed over part the display the computing device automatically resizes the displayed information according to the visible part of the display and when the keyboard is rotated to the back of the device the computing device resizes the displayed information to make use of the entire display. The preferred embodiment provides a natural intuitive way to use a physical keyboard with a touch screen device in a similar manner to the operation of virtual keyboards on such devices.
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