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# UIKeyboardType

Constants that specify the type of keyboard to display for a text-based view.

```
enum UIKeyboardType
```

## Overview

Use these constants with the [`keyboardType`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInputTraits/keyboardType) property.

## Topics

### Constants

[`UIKeyboardType.default`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/default)

Specifies the default keyboard for the current input method.

[`UIKeyboardType.asciiCapable`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/asciiCapable)

Specifies a keyboard that displays standard ASCII characters.

[`UIKeyboardType.numbersAndPunctuation`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/numbersAndPunctuation)

Specifies the numbers and punctuation keyboard.

[`UIKeyboardType.URL`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/URL)

Specifies a keyboard for URL entry.

[`UIKeyboardType.numberPad`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/numberPad)

Specifies a numeric keypad for PIN entry.

[`UIKeyboardType.phonePad`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/phonePad)

Specifies a keypad for entering telephone numbers.

[`UIKeyboardType.namePhonePad`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/namePhonePad)

Specifies a keypad for entering a person’s name or phone number.

[`UIKeyboardType.emailAddress`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/emailAddress)

Specifies a keyboard for entering email addresses.

[`UIKeyboardType.decimalPad`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/decimalPad)

Specifies a keyboard with numbers and a decimal point.

[`UIKeyboardType.twitter`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/twitter)

Specifies a keyboard for Twitter text entry, with easy access to the at (”`@`”) and hash (”`#`”) characters.

[`UIKeyboardType.webSearch`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/webSearch)

Specifies a keyboard for web search terms and URL entry.

[`UIKeyboardType.asciiCapableNumberPad`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/asciiCapableNumberPad)

Specifies a number pad that outputs only ASCII digits.

[`alphabet`](/documentation/UIKit/UIKeyboardType/alphabet)

Specifies a keyboard for alphabetic entry.


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