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My shift keys on magic keyboard (brand new) don't match what's being typed

For instance, shift+2 does not give me "@". it just gives me a quotation mark. Literally all the shift+number keys give me a different character than what is on the keypad.

iPad Air 5 Wi-Fi

Posted on Jan 19, 2023 3:28 PM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2023 3:37 PM

Ensure that your physical keyboard matches the selected keyboard layout configured in iPad settings:

Choose an alternative layout for an Apple external keyboard with iPad - Apple Support

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Jan 19, 2023 3:59 PM in response to kevinabeatty

kevinabeatty wrote:

For instance, shift+2 does not give me "@". it just gives me a quotation mark.

Sounds like you have the Spanish mapping active by mistake. If you have spanish in your settings > general > keyboard > keyboards, remove it, and make sure your hardware mapping for English, as mentioned by Lotus Pilot, is set to US or ABC and not "automatic" or something else.

My shift keys on magic keyboard (brand new) don't match what's being typed

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