iPad Pro- Magic Keyboard (space bar), blue boxes

Suddenly when I connect my keyboard/cover to the iPad I get blue boxes everywhere on my screen. The point of the boxes seems to be to highlight selections. Then when I use the space bar (for some reason), the selections are made. It is not the Switch control because I have that turned off.

First question: How can I get rid of that and go back to the normal way of just using my finger to touch the screen to make selections?