landscape keyboard changed

Why did my iPhone XR keyboard layout change when I switch to landscape mode and how do I change it back? A few days ago my keyboard/screen layout for texting and emails changed while in landscape mode, such that the keyboard is smaller and there is a small window to type into while typing an email (it's awful) and something similar while texting, where the keyboard shrinks and there is a widow showing a list of text messages (that's awful too!). I want my keyboard to be like it used to be, i.e., when I turn to landscape mode it's the same as in portrait mode, just bigger keyboard and image. Please help!

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Posted on Aug 24, 2019 2:35 PM

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Aug 24, 2019 3:25 PM in response to sberman

Thanks for the suggestion. I checked on that but one-handed typing is turned off. Just for fun I activated right handed typing to see if that changed anything, but it didn't, so I turned it back off. I have spent hours (yes, literally hours) on the phone and in chat with Apple support, and they have no clue about it. I even made an appointment at the Apple Store and they couldn't help either. I've restarted the phone, reset it, did a factory reset and restored...nothing helps. Not sure why my keyboard suddenly changed on Monday morning, but still not able to change it back like it was.

Aug 24, 2019 4:14 PM in response to sberman

Thanks for the reply. Zoom isn't on. I've wondered if I accidentally turned on some feature, but I have no idea what it could be. It's strange that when I turn my phone from Portrait to Landscape the look of the screen changes. In the past, the screen image and keyboard looked the same, it was just bigger in Landscape mode. Now, in Landscape mode the screen looks totally different (when I reply to a text or an email) and the keyboard is small and the window that I type in to is small. This happened to a friend on the same day it happened to me, but the next day she said it 'changed back' and she didn't know how or why. I appreciate your comment. I wish it had worked. I sent screen shots of the problem to the Apple adviser I chatted with online and they weren't able to help.

Aug 24, 2019 4:36 PM in response to sberman

All good comments and ideas. Thank you. I looked at Accessibility and couldn't find anything that seemed to apply. The big question to me is why the radical change in screen layout just by turning the phone from Portrait to Landscape. It's difficult for me to type in Portrait mode (clumsy thumbs I suppose) so I have always used Landscape...but now Landscape has an even smaller keyboard. Ugh! You mentioned "mirroring" my screen. I don't know what that is.

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