How do I hide the keyboard while typing an email?

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How do I hide the keyboard while typing an email?

On the iPad you can hide the keyboard anytime while typing. I cannot see a way to hide the keyboard when typing a mail message. I saw a post saying you close, save, go to your saved messaes and open the message again - too time consuming. There is a fix on the jailbroken site, but I dont want to jailbreak the phone. There must be a way to hide the keyboard in a mail messge. In a text message you can. Any help would be appreciated.

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on May 18, 2012 9:54 AM

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Answer 1

mattnlnr Author

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May 18, 2012 11:55 AM in response to KiltedTim

To look at your message, click on where you want (particulary in a long message) and edit or review what you are going to send before you send it. Many reasons why. Easily done with Messages on the iPhone by swiping down or on the iPad by pressing the keyboard button; can't seem to find it on the iPhone.

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wjosten

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May 18, 2012 12:07 PM in response to mattnlnr

Seems like an oversight on Apple's part, as you can now do this in messages & in mail on the iPad. Other than saving as a draft, then re-opening, you can't. Suggest Apple add this in an iOS update, here:

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

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KiltedTim

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May 18, 2012 10:12 AM in response to mattnlnr

Why, out of curiosity, would you want to hide the keyboard when you are trying to compose a message? You can't type anything if the keyboard isn't displayed.

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Jun 11, 2012 6:00 PM in response to Sandeep Roy

Edit

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I CAN, but not fully for a preview, as the text box goes up completely after 80 odd characters on the iPhone.

So, now i cannot see a previous message for reference.

Apple needs to incorporate a 'hide keyboard' button 😎

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Answer 5

Nov 24, 2013 7:33 AM in response to mattnlnr

This is possible I am using iOS7 , simply hold top part of the keyboard and drag it down, it will hide like android os. And whenever click on mail text (like editing mail), keyboard will be visible again

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