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Arrow keys on iPad Pro

Why did you take them away?

Please bring them back.

Thank you.

Posted on Apr 20, 2018 1:35 PM

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Posted on Apr 20, 2018 7:37 PM

As far as I am aware, NO iPad native software keyboard has ever had arrow keys for navigation.

If you want better “I-beam” cursor control,

You can move around the text "I" beam insertion point cursor by bringing up the iPad's software keyboard, do a two finger single tap to turn the entire keyboard area gray colored and into a gigantic trackpad area where you can easily control the position of the text insertion point "I" beam cursor.

You can highlight text and lines of text by doing a two finger double tap on the iOS software keyboard.

Then, do a single two finger tap on the keyboard area to fine tune the text selection.


That is as close to a mouse or regular trackpad that iOS is, currently, going to get.


OR


Imstall this third party keyboard called PadKeys.


https://padkeyskeyboard.com/


PadKeys Keyboard by Natural Designs Software, Inc.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/padkeys-keyboard/id975022995?mt=8



Good Luck to You!

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Apr 20, 2018 7:37 PM in response to Don147Burn

As far as I am aware, NO iPad native software keyboard has ever had arrow keys for navigation.

If you want better “I-beam” cursor control,

You can move around the text "I" beam insertion point cursor by bringing up the iPad's software keyboard, do a two finger single tap to turn the entire keyboard area gray colored and into a gigantic trackpad area where you can easily control the position of the text insertion point "I" beam cursor.

You can highlight text and lines of text by doing a two finger double tap on the iOS software keyboard.

Then, do a single two finger tap on the keyboard area to fine tune the text selection.


That is as close to a mouse or regular trackpad that iOS is, currently, going to get.


OR


Imstall this third party keyboard called PadKeys.


https://padkeyskeyboard.com/


PadKeys Keyboard by Natural Designs Software, Inc.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/padkeys-keyboard/id975022995?mt=8



Good Luck to You!

Arrow keys on iPad Pro

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