Want to highlight a helpful answer? Upvote!
Did someone help you, or did an answer or User Tip resolve your issue? Upvote by selecting the upvote arrow. Your feedback helps others! Learn more about when to upvote >
Did someone help you, or did an answer or User Tip resolve your issue? Upvote by selecting the upvote arrow. Your feedback helps others! Learn more about when to upvote >
Newsroom Update
Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android. Learn more >
Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android. Learn more >
I upgraded my iPad to iOS 6 recently and have discovered a keypad bug. Previously, holding the comma key produced an apostrophe - very useful. Holding the period key produced a quote - also very useful. From iOS 6 the keypad reports an apostrophe in it's pop up but the resultant character in the text is a comma. Similarly for the quote and period. Is this a known bug or is it just my iPad that's affected?
Thanks, Alys
iPad 2, iOS 6
' "
I still get the apostrophe and the quote symbol when I hold down on the comma key (apostrophe) and the period key (quotes symbol) so it is not a "bug" in the iOS.
Reboot your iPad and see if that helps.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.
' "
I still get the apostrophe and the quote symbol when I hold down on the comma key (apostrophe) and the period key (quotes symbol) so it is not a "bug" in the iOS.
Reboot your iPad and see if that helps.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.
Thanks Demo. I tried rebooting but I'm still getting the same problem. However I've found that if I swipe up I get the apostrophe and quotes! See? '''''"""'"'"
Thanks again,
Alys xx
You are correct: In iOS 5, holding the comma and period key and releasing resulted in a single and double quote, respectively. In iOS 6, you must manually swipe up to the popup comma and period icon to place those characters this way. Apparently, some people in their non-wisdom were perplexed when quotes would show up when they tended to linger on those keys. So we all get to pay for their confusion. (I liked the old way too, fwiw.)
I just found out that just swiping without holding it down (as you mentioned) does the same thing, even quicker. Thanks!
iPad keypad bug in iOS 6
