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tanjapop Author

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Iphone Keyboard Problem Switching In & Out Of “123” keyboard

Hi, how do i stop my keyboard from switching randomly to “123” keyboard when typing in the “abc” keyboard?

I will be typing and it will randomly do it in every sentence i write and im not even close to the “123” button… example: hi h9w -4e yo7 it… it switches in and out. (This whole time typing i have been retyping things because its happening.

I have been having this issue with all previous iphones in the past and never figured it out but this is still happening on my new Iphone 13 Pro Max?! You’d think it wouldn’t happen especially now.

Please help because its soooooo annnoying 🥺

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 15

Posted on Oct 2, 2021 12:46 AM

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wowwitsgau

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Posted on Sep 20, 2022 7:26 PM

Like many others in this thread have already alluded to, this is most likely happening because the skin on your palm is hitting the ‘123’ button inadvertently while typing. One solution would be to change your hand positioning, but I didn’t want to change something that felt comfortable to me as I was already accustomed to it.

Instead, the fix that I found was to turn on the ‘one-handed keyboard’ setting to ‘Right’ (settings -> general -> keyboard). Another benefit of turning on this setting is that it spaces the keys closer together, which is how my iPhone 12 mini keyboard was like.

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Iphone Keyboard Problem Switching In & Out Of “123” keyboard

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