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I've just updated my Mac & iPad to 15.4 OS. The Universal Control is cool but I couldn't use SHIFT key on Mac's keyboard or an external keyboard to type on my iPad. If I type "Shift + 7" normally it will appear as "&" but on iPad it's "7" like the Shift button was never hit. Is anyone has the same problem & has any solution for this?
iPad Pro, iPadOS 15
I have the same issue, done a bunch of research and got nowhere but seems like I found my own solution!
On Your iPad:
Go to SETTINGS > Accessibility > Keyboards > HARDWARE KEYBOARDS > turn Full Keyboard Access to ON
** Also (on the same page), SOFTWARE KEYBOARD > toggle Show Lowercase Keys to ON
And wahlaaaa, I am typing happily using my MBPro 2019 (15’ inch) laptop’s default keyboard on my 2021 11inch IPad Pro 😎
Hope this help y’all 😁
I have the same issue, done a bunch of research and got nowhere but seems like I found my own solution!
On Your iPad:
Go to SETTINGS > Accessibility > Keyboards > HARDWARE KEYBOARDS > turn Full Keyboard Access to ON
** Also (on the same page), SOFTWARE KEYBOARD > toggle Show Lowercase Keys to ON
And wahlaaaa, I am typing happily using my MBPro 2019 (15’ inch) laptop’s default keyboard on my 2021 11inch IPad Pro 😎
Hope this help y’all 😁
In another thread, in Universal Control - Apple Community
SebastianJagr, using Czech keyboards on Macs and an iPad with Universal Control found that the letters Z and Y transposed on the iPad side.
And in a different thread, NapV -- who uses the Caps Lock key to change languages -- found that that produces some unusual results.
I'm wondering if the translation between different keyboard languages might be challenging for Universal Control. Ah, by chance, do you have anything unusual in Keyboard Preferences on your Mac?
Looks as if several people have clicked on "I have this question too", so apparently there are others with this problem....
However, I wanted to let you know that not everyone has that problem. If I type "Shift + 7" (i.e., hitting '7' while holding down the shift key), on my Mac's keyboard or an external (Bluetooth) keyboard, I consistently get '&' on whichever screen the cursor is on (either my Mac or my iPad).
Perhaps the problem depends upon which country keyboard you're using??
I think I am one of the cases that which Universal Control didn't work smoothly. Since I've just discovered that my keyboard on the iPad removed the U, I, J, K, and maybe other keys too into some kind of commands that linked to the mouse cursor on the iPad. This is really a lot of issues happening. My external mouse & even mac trackpad didn't work on the iPad like it was when I've just updated to the newest iPad. Seriously this is a bunch of errors. Maybe I just turn off the Universal Control function and hope it will be fixed in later updates then.
I didn't have any problem with my Mac keyboard. It works perfectly as usual. I think it's the Universal Control that made things malfunction like that. It's still a BETA as the mark in the function window, so maybe they should get more input like that to fix it gradually. For me now? I decided to turn off the Universal Control until they fix it.
Thank you for figuring this out and sharing the solution with the rest of us! I know this feature is technically still in beta at the moment, but lord in heaven, how do they miss the shift key not working? I swear, Apple...
I found that Shift works if you quickly and successively press keys, in a random moment you can get ! for shift+1. Sample string:
1111111!!!
OMG thanks a lot this solved the problem hahahaha now I can totally use the SHIFT key )(*&^%%!@
Wonderful!!!!!!
Haha who would have thought how much joy we can get out of using the SHIFT keys!!!
"Shift" key didn't work on iPad using Universal Control
