# Is there a way to check if key board is email type or number type

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-key-board-is-email-type-or-number-type/23690>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 25, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-key-board-is-email-type-or-number-type/23690 "2018-09-25T21:24:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![praveshk](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@praveshk](https://discuss.appium.io/u/praveshk)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-key-board-is-email-type-or-number-type/23690/1 "2018-09-25T21:24:25Z")

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is there a way to check if key board is email type or number type?

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**Author:** ![Bilal\_Jarwan](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/bilal_jarwan/32/6182_2.png) [@Bilal\_Jarwan](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Bilal_Jarwan)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-key-board-is-email-type-or-number-type/23690/2 "2018-09-26T07:07:22Z")

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i think you can try release key not exist on keyboard and check if exist or no by set it between try catch statement