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ipad pro split keyboard?

I'm using the new ipad pro and i don"t see how to "split" the virtual keyboard. this makes typing very difficult.

Posted on Nov 11, 2015 2:44 PM

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Nov 14, 2015 7:30 AM in response to SergZak

This is a fatal flaw, no Split Keyboard. So you cannot hold it and type with your thumbs, which I have been doing with every iPad (including Mini) since the first one. I have been using my iPad Pro for two days now and though I love the larger screen it is unusable for me because I cannot hold it and type, in either Portait or Landscape orientations.

When I went into Settings, General, Keyboard, I was shocked there is no Split Keyboard switch like my iPad Air 2 has. This is a huge problem!!!

Apple, I will be returning my iPad Pro because of this problem.


Nov 15, 2015 10:15 AM in response to another_apple_customer

I don't get it! The split keyboard on the iPad Pro seems even more valuable than any other iPad, since it is so wide that it's much harder to reach the non-split keys with your thumbs from the edges. That, while holding it in both hands in "portrait-node" (vertical) which is how I often hold it.


I recommend that we all request that feature: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Nov 15, 2015 10:33 AM in response to Cyclefanman

That's a good tip regarding zoomed mode. Thanks.


However, to my eyes, that makes everything else too big too.


It also appears to change the keyboard back to where it does not include the number to use at the top, which I find to be a big advantage of the iPad Pro (one keyboard layout has almost all of the keys you would ever need to type).

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