iPad keyboard shows only 1 character per key

Until shortly, I had a keyboard with a 1 above q, 2 above w and so on, which I could type by swiping down from those keys. Somehow those 2-character keys turned to just q, w, … How can I restore this?

iPad, iPadOS 14

Posted on Sep 5, 2021 11:37 PM

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Sep 6, 2021 1:39 PM in response to wybodekker

Thanks! The problem is apparently that the Dutch description of that setting didn't trigger me. Translated back to English it says: "Enable short touch of keys" which, in my opinion, has nothing to do with the function.

The German translation is a lot better: "Enable swipe keys". Which should actually be the English description, or possibly: "Enable 2-character swipe keys". In Dutch: "Schakel 2-karakter veegtoetsen in".

Sep 6, 2021 2:20 PM in response to wybodekker

wybodekker wrote:

Thanks! The problem is apparently that the Dutch description of that setting didn't trigger me. Translated back to English it says: "Enable short touch of keys" which, in my opinion, has nothing to do with the function.
The German translation is a lot better: "Enable swipe keys". Which should actually be the English description, or possibly: "Enable 2-character swipe keys". In Dutch: "Schakel 2-karakter veegtoetsen in".

Good suggestion! Tell Apple they should fix this via


http://www.apple.com/feedback


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