iPad's Split Keyboard Has Six Hidden Keys For Your Convenience
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iPad's Split Keyboard Has Six Hidden Keys For Your Convenience
Apple sneaks in some very subtle, yet incredibly useful features in iOS from time to time. One such feature comes bundled with the split keyboard for the iPad in iOS 5.0.1/iOS 5.
If you see the split keyboard, you'll notice that the inner extremes of both the keyboard parts have some extra space left.
Turns out, this empty space actually houses extra keys according to the standard QWERTY layout, to play well with the typing practices of all users.
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spilt??????? you mean split!
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Ofcourse :) Thanks for pointing it out.
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oh my gosh, thats the thing i didn't like about the split, i felt like it was split wrongly! thanks for the tip, it gonna be a lot easier to type now :)
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BTW using 2 fingers (2 thumbs f. Ex) in a zoom in or out gesture to switch between normal and split keyboard.Too bad apple did not implement different sizes. Keys on Split keyboard are too small formy big hands :-(
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Wow, so they put in details like this but they overlook the fact that the split keyboard makes it completely impossible to type in any application where you need to see the bottom of the screen! For example, try having a conversation in iMessage with a split keyboard. It simply can't be done because you can't read anything that's being said since the keyboard overlays it. Same goes for any texting app I would imagine. Apple should spend less time on useless features like the ghost keys and more time on actually making the split keyboard function correctly with all of their own native apps.
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Are you sure this wasn't a bug in the first place?Anyhow it makes typing with the split keyboard a lot easier, A good bug I guess!
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Are you serious?! You simply drag the keyboard up rather than leaving it on the bottom. It's not rocket science!
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Why don't they add in a numeric keypad in the centre ?
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Wow this is an eye opener.
