How can I use my keyboard layout when I connect from my MacBook to my iPad remotely?

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How can I use my keyboard layout when I connect from my MacBook to my iPad remotely?

I am using the new feature to use my mouse and keyboard on my iPad by going to the border of my screen and forcing the mouse to go to my iPad.

I have a custom layout on my MacBook that I installed (bépo French layout, equivalent to Dvorak for French). Whenever I connect to my iPad and type using my laptop keyboard, the layout used on my iPad is the default English one that I use on my tablet when it is not connected. How can I send the correct key strokes to my iPad so that the layout used is the one from my laptop?

Thank you.

P.S.: it'd be really nice to have that layout included in the OS in the French layouts

iPad Pro, iPadOS 15

Posted on Nov 6, 2022 2:34 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Nov 8, 2022 8:08 AM in response to NautillusSs

NautillusSs wrote:

. How can I send the correct key strokes to my iPad so that the layout used is the one from my laptop?

There's no way to do that with a custom layout, as far as I know. You have to use one of the mappings you find when, on the ipad, you go to settings > general > keyboard > hardware keyboard and tap over at the right edge for French (or whatever language you want).

To ask apple to fix this, use

http://www.apple.com/feedback

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