Q: Arrow keys anyone???

I Have suggested it, beneficial function if your writing a paper on you tablet.

I did not know you could move the cursor without deleteing the letters you're passing over. Thank you.

your confusing arrow curser keys with delete functions.

JB

Thank you for explaining the difference.

I have been happy to have the arrow keys as they are also on the iPhone 6 as well. At least in the horizontal position...

I was bummed to see after recently purchasing my iPad mini 2 running iOS 8.2 that the keyboard does NOT have arrow keys. I thought it would be included with the operating system for sure but maybe none of the iPads running iOS 8 have 'em?

I will be looking in to a keyboard app to remedy this for sure. Hopefully there is one to suit.

Kirkerik wrote:

 

but maybe none of the iPads running iOS 8 have 'em?

 

 

Or the ones running iOS 4, 5,6 or 7. They do not exist. Not necessary and hardly anybody appears to require them, or millions would be complaining, not a handful. Try a Third Party App if someone still makes one that has not gone out of business due to lack of demand.

Cheers

Pete

J is right.  There are apps that cannot zoom.  Standard mail is one.

Have you tried the new two fingers on the keyboard feature to move the cursor? If that doesn't work for you, you need to send Apple feedback at the link below.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

CZahrobsky wrote:

 

J is right.  There are apps that cannot zoom.  Standard mail is one.

almost 6 years later, thanks for the reply!

WWhich two and how do I find them?

Tabathor wrote:

 

WWhich two and how do I find them?

You do realize you are replying to a post over five years old?

Better to Google what you are after.

Cheers

Pete

The third-party onscreen keyboard TSwipe Pro has arrow keys, Pgup Pgdn, Home, End, and delete next character keys on its SYM keyboard.

It costs a whole $0.99, but I think it's worth it. It also has swipe capability, and has versions available for a zillion languages.

The arrow keys are program-dependent. No every text box allows the same input, but where the arrow keys don't work, the delete next character key does, which helps a lot when you've positioned the cursor one or two characters to the left of where you need to make a change.

I did. First up on Google was this forum. Neener.

I Know this is an old thread, but it is also the #1 result on google when searching the topic of arrow keys on the ipad, so I think it's the perfect place to espress my opinion on the topic.

incidentally, I am writing this on my iPhone 6+. This phone, when in landscape orientation has the very left and right arrow keys that some people would love to have on their iPad and other people love to make them feel foolish for it. If the arrow keys are such a stupid idea, then why are they standard on the iPhone (landscape) screen?

tthe answer is: because they are convenient.

Yes, I know that all I need to do is to press down anywhere near my correction point, hold and then slide the magnified view. that too is convenient and easy, no doubt about it. But even writing this short post I have used the arrows at least twice to make quick corrections without having to change the way I hold my phone when typing and just hitting the left arrow a couple of times to make the change I needed to make.

WHile le I am at it, let me also praise the presence, again in landscape mode, of the ! ? . , keys. They and the arrows make typing on a phone faster and more intuitive, allowing me to write while concentrating on what I have to say rather than hitting extra keys to get the punctuation I want. In fact, I would love to have a few more keys I could assign to frequently used (by me) characters such as (parenthesis), "quotes", -dashes- and others.

For those that are horrified at the idea of people using arrow keys or other shortcuts or alternative typing methods, what is it to you? Really! Take my idea of having customizable keys for certain punctuation. If I were Apple I would implement it so that those that don't need them, those that abhor the very idea of somebody using a different technique than theirs, would be able to trade the extra space those keys would take for slightly larger keys.

I Can see how that could be an issue on an iPhone screen, but on the iPad? There would be plenty of space there to add a couple of column of custom keys that users could turn into arrows or frequently used punctuation.

Already some apps rearrange the keyboard for some specialized uses, such as displaying the @ sign when entering emails. Would it be that hard to let us pick our own?

conticreative wrote:

Take my idea of having customizable keys for certain punctuation. If I were Apple I would implement it so that those that don't need them, those that abhor the very idea of somebody using a different technique than theirs, would be able to trade the extra space those keys would take for slightly larger keys.

The people reading this either whole heartedly agree with you or could not care less about arrow keys (I fall into the latter. I hardly every use them on my computer.) Either way, neither group can do anything to change the status quo. Submit your feedback to Apple:

http://www.apple.com/feedback