🎉 Welcome to the Virtual Keyboard project! 🎉 This innovative and interactive tool allows users 👥 to type 🖊️ seamlessly using a software-based virtual keyboard ⌨️ built with ReactJS ⚛️. The project implements functional components 🧩 and manages state 🔄 efficiently. Users can interact 🤲 with the virtual keyboard ⌨️ by clicking 🖱️ on keys, which allows for a smooth and responsive typing experience ⌨️. The keypress 🔑 and character input logic 🧩 are implemented using JSX 🖥️.
The Virtual Keyboard ⌨️ is a software-based input interface 💻 that mimics a physical keyboard ⌨️ on a digital device 🖥️. Its key functionalities 🧩 include:
- User Input Simulation 💬: Allows users 👥 to input text 🖋️ and commands 🖥️ by clicking 🖱️ on virtual keys 🔑, replicating the functionality of a physical keyboard ⌨️.
- Accessibility ♿: Enhances accessibility for individuals with physical disabilities 👩🦽👨🦽 by providing alternative input methods 🖥️.
- Security 🔐: Used for secure data entry 🛡️, protecting against keyloggers 🔒 and other security threats 🚫.
- Integration 🔄: Can be integrated into various applications 🖥️, including kiosks 🏬, touch-screen devices 📱, and software interfaces 💻, to facilitate text input 🖋️ and interaction 🤝.
- ReactJS ⚛️: JavaScript library 📚 for building user interfaces 🖥️.
- CSS 🎨: For styling 🎨 the virtual keyboard ⌨️.
- JSX 🖥️: Syntax extension for JavaScript 💻.
- Functional Components in React ⚛️: For creating reusable components 🧩.
To create 🛠️ the Virtual Keyboard ⌨️ application, the project involves:
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Set Up 🛠️ a React project ⚛️ using the command 🖥️:
npx create-react-app <<name_of_project>> 🎉 -
Navigate 🚶♂️ to the project folder 📂 using:
cd <<Name_of_project>> 📂
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Install 📥 the required modules 🔄 using:
npm i styled-components 💅
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Create 🛠️ a folder called
components📂 and add 🖥️ two new files 📄 inside it:Keyboard.js⌨️Keyboard.css🎨
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Import 📥 the icon pack 🌟 into the
index.htmlfile 📂 of thepublicfolder 📂:<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.2.0/css/all.min.css" integrity="sha512-xh6O/CkQoPOWDdYTDqeRdPCVd1SpvCA9XXcUnZS2FmJNp1coAFzvtCN9BmamE+4aHK8yyUHUSCcJHgXloTyT2A==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" />
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index.html🖥️: This is an automatically created file 📂 in thepublicfolder 📂. We just need to import 🖥️ the icon pack 🌟 in its<head>tag 🖥️. -
App.js⚛️: This file 📄 imports theKeyboard⌨️ component 🧩 and exports it 🖥️. -
Keyboard.js⌨️: This file 📄 contains the logic 🧩 for the virtual keyboard ⌨️, keypress 🔑, and input text block 🖋️ with state variable 🔄 which the computer 💻 chooses a value 🖥️. -
Keyboard.css🎨: This file 📄 contains the design 🎨 of the Virtual Keyboard ⌨️ elements 🧩.
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Start 🚀 the project by typing 🖥️ the following command 🖥️ in the terminal 💻:
npm start 🚀
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Open 🔓 your web browser 🌐 and type 🖥️ the following URL 🌐:
http://localhost:3000/ 🌐
Here’s a sneak peek 🖼️ of the Virtual Keyboard ⌨️ in action ⏳:
To clone the repository 📦 and start using the Virtual Keyboard ⌨️, follow these steps:
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Clone 🖥️ the repository using the following command 🖥️:
git clone https://github.com/nidhiupman568/VirtualKeyboard-Using-React.JS.git 📦
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Navigate 🚶♂️ into the project directory 📂:
cd virtual-keyboard 📂 -
Install 📥 the dependencies 🔄:
npm install 📥
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Start 🚀 the development server 💻:
npm start 🚀
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Open 🔓 your web browser 🌐 and type 🖥️ the following URL 🌐:
http://localhost:3000/ 🌐
Feel free to contribute 🤝 to the project by submitting pull requests 🚀. Your contributions help improve the Virtual Keyboard ⌨️ and make it better for everyone 🌟.
🎉 Enjoy using the Virtual Keyboard ⌨️! 🎉 Feel free to share 🗣️ your feedback 📝 or contribute 🤝 to the project. Happy typing! ⌨️💬
This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.
In the project directory, you can run:
Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in your browser.
The page will reload when you make changes.
You may also see any lint errors in the console.
Launches the test runner in the interactive watch mode.
See the section about running tests for more information.
Builds the app for production to the build folder.
It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.
The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed!
See the section about deployment for more information.
Note: this is a one-way operation. Once you eject, you can't go back!
If you aren't satisfied with the build tool and configuration choices, you can eject at any time. This command will remove the single build dependency from your project.
Instead, it will copy all the configuration files and the transitive dependencies (webpack, Babel, ESLint, etc) right into your project so you have full control over them. All of the commands except eject will still work, but they will point to the copied scripts so you can tweak them. At this point you're on your own.
You don't have to ever use eject. The curated feature set is suitable for small and middle deployments, and you shouldn't feel obligated to use this feature. However we understand that this tool wouldn't be useful if you couldn't customize it when you are ready for it.
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