Why is my Magic keyboard buggy after iOS 15 upgrade?

Hello SleepWalkingFalcon92,

Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities!

We see that you are having issues with you Magic Keyboard and Logitech keyboard and your iPad after updating to iOS 15.

We’d be happy to help you!

We recommend unpairing and re-pairing through the steps in Pair Magic Keyboard with iPad next.

Let us know if the issue persists.

Take care.

This fixed the space bar issue on the keyboard but created another issue in Facebook. By turning off Accessibility Mode on the keyboard, now Facebook crashes/unresponsive when I click on comments in a post. If I turn Accessibility Mode back on for the external Logitech keyboard, then Facebook works but my space bar no longer works correctly in the universal search address bar in Safari. (iOS 15 iPad Pro 2021)

BillKellum wrote:

If I turn Accessibility Mode back on for the external Logitech keyboard, then Facebook works but my space bar no longer works correctly in the universal search address bar in Safari. (iOS 15 iPad Pro 2021)

Go deeper in your Accessibility settings and you will find a place where you can turn off the special function for Space bar.

I removed the space bar from “Activate” in the Keyboard Commands and this fixed the space bar issue. However, my Tab and Arrow keys are not working correctly especially in Pages and Numbers. If I turn off Full Keyboard access then the Tab and Arrow keys work correctly, but FaceBook freezes. When I look at where the Tab and Arrow Keys are used in the Commands they are everywhere and seem to make sense. So right now it looks like I have to turn off or turn on Full Keyboard access depending on what I am doing. This is not a productive solution. I have not done a Factory reset yet since I don’t see a post where this has solved the issue …Any other suggestions?

Reading this thread and trying everything mentioned to resolve the issue with ANY external keyboard has not worked.

At this point I have put the iPad in a drawer and will use an Android tablet and keyboard since they work.

It amazes me this issue made it through Quality Control!

It would be nice to see this fixed soon, if ever.

I'm nowhere as savvy as the other writers since Sept intro of ios15. I updated and immediately my folio keyboard for 1st gen iPad stopped functioning - space, tab, certain letters, etc. Created haiku, essentially!

I bought a new one - did same thing - returned it

With all sorts of accessibility features turned off, the fancier $200 case works, but it's far less comfortable for chair vs desk use.

I want the lower end folio keyboard to work! and even modifying accessibility settings does not restore it to function.

This is exasperating. Maybe it all is coincidence and the old keyboard died at same time I upgraded, and not yet knowing to turn off all those accessibility features, it seemed not to work. Should not have sent it back so soon!!

SleepWalkingFalcon92,

Thanks for clarifying!

We're glad you were able to resolve your issue with the accessibility mode.

Cheers!

Yes, after “clearing” the function for the Space Bar under Accessibility, it corrected the problem. I see this as a work around but not a true solution.

Didnt work for me. Apple support want me to do a factory reset…

Janbas wrote:

Didnt work for me. Apple support want me to do a factory reset…

What problems exactly are you having with your keyboard?

gleh wrote:

When I look at where the Tab and Arrow Keys are used in the Commands they are everywhere and seem to make sense.

Try clearing them anyway and see if it helps.

I cleared all commands that had Tab and arrow keys. My arrow keys are working now with Full Access Keyboard turned on, but the tab key is not.

Thank you! Resolved my issue!

Which steps fixed your problem 100%?