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Disappearing iPad on-screen keyboard

When composing e-mails if I need to leave the mail app to do something like look at what I am responding to, when I come back the keyboard is gone and there is no way to invoke it. There was a thread on this earlier this year that went cold, and didn’t offer a solution. My iPadOS is current (that’s the first thing they suggest) and it still keeps happening. I am not alone because there were dozens of “me toos” on the thread.

iPad Air, iPadOS 16

Posted on Jun 16, 2023 9:02 AM

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Jun 18, 2023 9:33 AM in response to Applehead146

This occasionally happens to me with different apps I use in my classroom. There is usually a little button on the lower right sift to tap and a keyboard icon appears there. Press that and the keyboard should come back. Often it is phone size instead of full size for some strange reason. Other times we swipe the app up and quit it and go back in and the keyboard returns.

Disappearing iPad on-screen keyboard

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