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Text input keyboard mode control

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See also http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12885 and http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12409 and yet another CSS proposal — 'input-mode'. Mozilla bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746142

Existing kinds of keyboards

English

Text input with leading capitalisation <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tlhqZnBenFU/UAXmYIbPbfI/AAAAAAAASsQ/OkUKYDIINFc/s512/Screenshot_2012-07-17-15-21-21.png">

Username / password input? (no capitalisation) <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6ysWEJvC0SM/UAXmXh00VXI/AAAAAAAASsE/5ck8u77pokE/s512/Screenshot_2012-07-17-15-22-26.png">

Text input without capitalisation in a search context (search submission button) <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Kfw79CKG9Hk/UAXmbQW1r9I/AAAAAAAASsw/Nmqgxy4baNo/s512/Screenshot_2012-07-17-15-11-32.png">

Numeric input (big 0-9 keys, +, -) <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e7wbvjJxupI/UAXmaipMmTI/AAAAAAAASso/TkJt6aF2j8w/s512/Screenshot_2012-07-17-15-13-44.png">

Telephone number input (big 0-9 keys, *, #) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Dta3wPbGuos/UAXmZ3b60yI/AAAAAAAASsg/DMIlzBtRPUI/s512/Screenshot_2012-07-17-15-15-01.png">

URL input (keys for /, "www.", ".com") <img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--tbavGIBX30/UAXmZMrQFTI/AAAAAAAASsY/LPuXhDp-VG0/s512/Screenshot_2012-07-17-15-16-47.png">

Email input (keys for @, '-', ".com") <img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--lhwXP8Qt5s/UAXmXK0oUVI/AAAAAAAASsA/ozve-EtDonE/s512/Screenshot_2012-07-17-15-23-40.png">