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iPhone iOS 11 Landscape Keyboard
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Whatever the reason they chose to do this, I hope they put it back the way it used to be stat.
Hi everybody!
Since updating to iOS11 this morning, a number of co-workers started having the exact same issue!
In no way this is a desired feature because if you start "typing" in the grey area next to the keyboard in landscape mode, it triggers the letter closest to the keyboard... for example "q" and "a" on the left side.
We encourage everyone to bug report this!
Since updating to iOS11 this morning, a number of co-workers started having the exact same issue!
In no way this is a desired feature because if you start "typing" in the grey area next to the keyboard in landscape mode, it triggers the letter closest to the keyboard... for example "q" and "a" on the left side.
We encourage everyone to bug report this!
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Totally agree. Have just reported this horrible thing to Apple.
I cannot understand who would think on removing a feature that is so useful like the extended landscape keyboard! I used the extra functions all the time. They should make the change optional.
We just discovered a workaround that is not only a workaround but actually an improvement:
since Apple allows 3rd party keyboards, you can go ahead and install gboard - the Google keyboard for iOS. This has already been updated to support iOS 11 and allows to entirely customize the keyboard itself as well as the language version.
That way you all got your landscape mode back without the ugly grey bars
since Apple allows 3rd party keyboards, you can go ahead and install gboard - the Google keyboard for iOS. This has already been updated to support iOS 11 and allows to entirely customize the keyboard itself as well as the language version.
That way you all got your landscape mode back without the ugly grey bars
Thank you so much for this thread. I thought I was going mad, must have done tens of hard resetting, restore, wiped clean, toggled on and off, you name it, now I know it's the other way round: Apple has gone bonkers. I draft whole books on my 6+ and the extended keyboard was so unbelievably useful.
Mr. Ive has lots of explaining to do!
Mr. Ive has lots of explaining to do!
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The keyboard now has a giant blank spot on the left and right sides. It used to have arrow keys, a button to hide the keyboard, basic formatting functions and other very useful features. Now they seem to be throwing all of that space away. Seems like a terrible decision to me. I'm quite surprised there are not a bunch of threads about it. Am I the only one annoyed by it's absence?
The “funniest” part about this is how hitting the blank area to the left or right of the kb still triggers phantom keystrokes. The whole thing is a ghastly kludge!
I am looking to get an iPhone Plus and the landscape keyboard *was* one the reasons for this. I hope this is a feature that will soon return. I'm filing a bug report with Apple.
Yes, and I absolutely hate it!! This keyboard is almost a deal breaker for me. I would have never updated to IOS 11 if I had known this in advance. Not being able to move the curser with the arrows is my largest complaint, as I often have to delet entire sentences just to change one letter. It almost makes me want to carry a laptop everywhere I go, simply because typing on my phone is now a nightmare.
Have they re-integrated the original full landscape keyboard back in iOS 11.1 betas? What's with Apple removing handy features for no reason nowadays?
Look at how Apple forumers here cheer when Apple gave us back 3D Touch Multitasking in 11.1, as if they've been given a new whole feature, when it's just a matter of giving us back what they removed in the first place...
Look at how Apple forumers here cheer when Apple gave us back 3D Touch Multitasking in 11.1, as if they've been given a new whole feature, when it's just a matter of giving us back what they removed in the first place...
Maybe you didn't understand what the buttons did, but what about those people who have been using those extra side buttons on a daily basis?
Try to make a keyboard yourself that pleases +1 billion users. It’s not easy.
Neither has Apple ever been about having everything optional. Then an Android is better.
That's sidelining the point.
Whether it was the previous or current landscape keyboard, you yourself used it the same way - without using the side buttons.
But people who were making use of the extra functionality with the side buttons are now left out because it was removed.
Of course it's ok for you, since you weren't the one affected.
Don't like it either. Miss the location of the comma button. As well as the shift (keep hitting the stupid emoji key).
They have a blank area there -- don't see why they still couldn't put a helpful button there instead of blank spot. Reminds me of a car that just put a blank button up there because your car didn't have a particular option installed there.
They have a blank area there -- don't see why they still couldn't put a helpful button there instead of blank spot. Reminds me of a car that just put a blank button up there because your car didn't have a particular option installed there.