Does IPad have a keyboard with letters and numbers on the same keyboard

Hi Tom

Yes - this key layout does assume that Enable Key Flicks is enabled in iPad settings:

Settings > General > Keyboard > Enable Key Flicks - set to ON

Presumably the OP just needs to enable this setting.

babowa wrote:

Enable key flicks is ON and yet, I have to hit the .!123 key to get the row of numbers to show up (along with other symbols).

Aren't the numbers visible in lighter print just over letters in the qwerty row? With flicks on, you can produce numbers by quickly swiping down on the letter keys. Same for dash, apostrophe, quote, parentheses, slash on the keys where they appear in lighter print.

Screenshot taken directly from an iPad Pro 10.5 (iPadOS 14.8.1) a few seconds ago - clearly showing the shift-functions:

iPad Air1 and mini2 (both with iOS 12.5.5) are identical layout.

LotusPilot wrote: Screenshot taken directly from an iPad Pro 10.5 (iPadOS 14.8.1) a few seconds ago - clearly showing the shift-functions:

Isn't that just Key Flicks On?

I think only 13inch iPads have a real separate row of numbers

https://www.cultofmac.com/702025/flick-ipad-keyboard-to-type-numbers/

LotusPilot wrote:

Presumably the OP just needs to enable this setting.

Yes, that will make it easier to produce numbers, you can flick down on the keys to get them. But if the OP wants a real separate number row, so that just directly presses the key, he needs to get something like SwiftKey.

LotusPilot wrote: Like this - or something else?

Is that the Apple keyboard on your iPad?

I think only some models have it, while some (mini's for sure, not sure about the others ) don't have number rows unless you install a 3rd party one.

Neither my 2020 11" iPad Pro nor my 2016 9.7" iPad Pro have that - actually I have never seen an iPad with one (he has an iPad Air which also does not have it). Oh, and neither did the 10.5" iPad Pro which I returned after a week due to some major (other) problems.

Pressing Shift does nothing (except allow for capital letters).

No, the iPad does not come with one, but turning on Key Flicks makes it easier to get numbers.

You can download a keyboard with numbers from the App Store.

You might want to check out this one from the App Store:

https://typefinity.com/

Enable key flicks is ON and yet, I have to hit the .!123 key to get the row of numbers to show up (along with other symbols).

That is one reason why I am using a real Brydge keyboard, I can type and do not care to “peck” or have to change the layout just to get a dash or quotation mark.

Like this - or something else?

Yes, I could do that, but I prefer a keyboard where you don’t need to swipe, pull, peck or anything except type with 10 fingers.

That looks kinda cool!

This key layout, with illustrated shift-layout, is essentially the same (with minor variation) for four devices within my immediate reach - iPad Air1, mini2, iPad Pro 10.5 and 12.9.