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Smythe89 Author

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iPad emoji and number key switched places

After the last update these two keys have switched places. Very frustrating to continually hit emoji key when I need to type a number. Any way to switch this back?

iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 29, 2018 6:05 AM

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MichelPM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2018 6:18 AM

No.

The onscreen software virtual keyboard layout is part of iOS 12 and is fixed in place.

No way to change or alter this.

Post feedback about this issue in iOS 12 to Apple here.

iPad Feedback

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

Cognizant Apple employees read ALL feedback generated from all of the various feedback pages and transfers the data to the proper and responsible Apple teams and personnel , but NO Apple employees will ever respond with any type of direct, individual replies from the feedback you post.

If you currently do not like this keyboard layout, you could try any number of third party software keyboards, in the iOS App Store, to use in place of Apple’s own virtual which may offer a better software keyboard experience.

Good Luck to You!

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Only ONE of the significant keyboard issues have been fixed In 12.0.1.

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Oct 8, 2018 11:29 AM in response to Smythe89

IOS 12.0.1 is out and it returns those keys to the previous positions.

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Oct 9, 2018 9:09 AM in response to Smythe89

iOS12.0.1 was released yesterday and it restores the original position of the 123 key on the iPad keyboard.

See screenshot here:

MichelPM

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Oct 3, 2018 6:38 PM in response to UMrocks

Post feedback per my above link, please.

The feedback pages are only way to get Apple to DIRECTLY listen to users.

Oct 4, 2018 11:12 AM in response to Smythe89

I just downloaded the iOS 12.1 public beta and they have switched back to the original layout so that should (hopefully) be fixed in the next update

Smythe89 Author

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Oct 4, 2018 11:12 AM in response to Blue Panda

Ah. Good news😊

Oct 5, 2018 8:18 AM in response to Blue Panda

How can I do this? I went to my settings “update” and it said that my ipad was up to date. Is there a link to where I can go to get this update?

MichelPM

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Oct 5, 2018 12:41 PM in response to Valsedonia

You still post feedback to the link I provided, regardless.

Atsea2

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Oct 6, 2018 6:57 PM in response to Smythe89

This is wierdx2. I’ve upped my phone and pad and the phone keyboard is unchanged yet the pad keyboard is switched as described above.

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MichelPM

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Oct 8, 2018 11:36 AM in response to Demo

iOS 12.0.1 is OUT today?

ChrisJ4203

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Oct 8, 2018 12:15 PM in response to MichelPM

Yes it is. It is being released at 10:00 PDT, depending on your location, and probably in shifts.

MichelPM

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Oct 8, 2018 12:26 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Great news to learn!

No mention of a fix for the Apple News app static sidebar issue when using an iPad in landscape orientation, though.

MichelPM

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Oct 8, 2018 1:07 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Yup,

Looks like enough users got Apple teams’ attention, for sure!

😉👍

Demo

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Oct 8, 2018 1:15 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

I sent feedback. I’m glad to see that they listened.

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Oct 8, 2018 2:47 PM in response to LotusPilot

I've not seen a post regarding that. While there may be, it must not have gotten a lot of traffic. As indicated with this problem, provide feedback to Apple for them to recognize the issue.

iPad emoji and number key switched places