11th Gen poor keyboard design

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11th Gen poor keyboard design

11th gen keyboard is a POS. Seriously. Never had so many problems with a keyboard before. 80% of the time the letter "a" doesn't show up and have to go over everything and put it in. 25% of the time I'm hitting the caps lock key and only notice after I've typed out a sentence and have to delete it. Managed to remove the memo key I also hit. Couldn't figure why when I never had these problems with my 1, 5 and 6.

I took my 6 out to see what the problem was and found it

6th gen had a small shift key. No larger than other keys and no caps lock key. The 11 has a wider shift key and same for the caps lock making the standard keys smaller and more susceptible to hitting the caps lock

There doesn't seem to be a way to modify the keyboard to remove un-needed keys

Apple - Keyboard update to change current design to previous design of 6 please

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iPad, iPadOS 26

Posted on Feb 21, 2026 8:05 PM

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Feb 22, 2026 3:12 AM in response to DONAGINS

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