Magic Keyboard not working on iPad pro after connecting to an external monitor

I have the same issue. And as many people are having the issue, this must be a bug. Can Apple acknowledge and add this into a bug list to work on?

When I connect to an external monitor, my Magic Keyboard will only work on the external monitor but not on the iPad when, however the trackpad works.

So, I was able to solve this irritating issue with a forced restart of my iPad Pro M1. This is how 👇🏾

Press the Volume Up button once. Release it then press the volume down button once, release it and immediately press and hold the home button down until you see the Apple logo.

Hopefully this works for you too. :)

I am also having this same issue, have had my 12.5 inch iPad Pro for years and Magic Keyboard for just over a year, so warranties are out of date. If this is a software issue, can apple fix without me replacing both of these devices?

Like others stated, trackpad and some keys still function after disconnecting from external monitor, but unable to type anything using the keyboard even though it is physically connected. Tried dragging the windows from the external monitor back to the iPad and closing down stage manager….nothing works to reset this except forced restart of the iPad.

Very frustrating and would not have purchased both the iPad or the keyboard if I had known it didn’t have this functioning capability. It makes it nearly impossible to use the external monitor to study and take notes, and I can only imagine how much this affects people who use this for their job (as others have previously stated).

Hopefully since so many people are dealing with this software bug, apple will take notice and fix it in the next update. FINGERS CROSSED bc this is not a functional device with this bug

Really frustrating. Has let me down in front of customers during presentations.

I’ve found that moving the application (via the 3 dots at the top)on the external monitor where the keyboard still works back to the iPad screen fixes the issue, at least temporarily. It does in my case anyway. M4 11 inch model.

It’s still a bug, but this stops the need to reset.

For me it’s not even the Magic Keyboard but even an external keyboard when attaching to a hub or external monitor all using the UsB cable.

interestingly I don’t have any issues with an external mouse, only the keyboard even though it’s on the same wireless receiver.

my keyboard would work but the layout is completely messed and only a few keys work but are incorrectly mapped.

Same here, this happens to me as well.

Also sometimes the keyboard mapping goes off randomly and I cannot type any keys except utilize the function keys.

I am wondering if this is some bug that they need to fix ?

You should be sure to report to Apple staff that you are experiencing this problem. This community is not a valid path for submitting bug reports, as almost everybody here is either a user seeking help or another user trying to help.

I realized that it has something to do with opening something with a textbox on both the iPad and the external monitor at the same time. For example, if I have Safari opened on the external monitor and click on an textbox (like the searchbar) and i have Settings open on my iPad it works fine. But as soon as I click on the settings search textbox in Settings, my keyboard ceases to work until I close or minimize either Safari or settings.

This is 100% a bug on Apple and not something we’re doing as users.

I have the same problem with my 11” M4 iPad Pro have to restart the iPad to get the Magic Keyboard to connect properly to the iPad . Lets hope Apple fix this issue soon

I’ve had the same issue for a year now, took it into the Apple Store - and they just said submit feedback about it. Surprising a device supposedly capable of being a desktop replacement needs to be restarted after connecting it to a monitor and keyboard just to continue working.

Dealing with this issue for a year now and it still persist. The only solution is to restart the iPad. Really frustrating