Hi,
Recently I installed iPadOS public beta and bought an external third party keyboard. The spacebar of the keyboard does not work properly on some applications including the native email app. When I clicked on the spacebar, it inputs newline instead of space. Also, I noticed I can input space by clicking on shift+spacebar or alt+spacebar.
I tried with another keyboard and same issues persists. Is this an issue from iPadOS public beta?
Anyone experiencing the same issues?
I have exactly the same issue! Even when I am writing this message here I still need to press SHIFT+SPACEBAR to stop one word and go to the next one... So frustrating... Please find a fix, because the writing is almost impossible in so many apps, specially in “google search” in Safari - spacebar makes Enter instead... In addition to this sometimes when you press the spacebar it appears a rectangle around the typing field..
Same here
Same here, I thought my smart keyboard was bad at first, tried a new keyboard and still the same problem.
Same problem. Also I noticed that when I press CTRL+tab a box appears swithcing around parts of webpage, or in general buttons of the app I am using.
Same issue here. I'm wondering if it's specific to 3rd party keyboards (vs Apple's Smart Keyboard Folio)? I've also tried with multiple (non-Apple) bluetooth keyboards.
Hope this will be resolved in the final release.
UPDATE: The issue is fixed after updating to public beta 3. Spacebar now works just like expected.
This is still not working on some websites in safari, space bar is treated as return.
one example is the search bar on google.com
hardware: smart folio for iPad pro 11
Guys
I just solved it disabling "full keyboard access". Hope this works also for you.
cheers
p.s. I have a bluetooth microsoft keyboard.
Thanks! This works to me.
And a bit more, you can just clear the shortcut for Spacebar under the "full keyboard access>>Commands" (it was set as act of Activate by default), don't need to disable the full function in case you need other shortcut to control the ipad.
I Had the same problem. Drove me crazy. Went to Settings: Accessibility: Keyboards: Full Keyboard Access: Commands: Activate: and then pressed "Clear" worked.
IOS v13.5.1 on an iPad Pro 4th Gen -
Because ipad has a terrible user experience. Horrible.
Yes metoo no joke intended. Also safari is awful without flash. Ipad user experience is awful.
Go to full keyboard access/commands/ then click on activate and clear it.. hope it will resolve :)
I use the fixing method as suggested and it worked but only for spacebar. My Tab key still have the same issue in Numbers app. I need to Alt Tab to move to next cell in Numbers. Any way to solve this. Also does this work normally if i use Apple keyboard instead? Other than that the keyboard is working fine.
The solution offered, to clear the space command, works for me. I also had to clear the commands for “Move Up”, “Move Right”, “Move Down” and “Move Left” to get my arrow keys to work (Zagg Folio keyboard, iPad Mini 4, iPadOS 15 Beta 8). I suggest that you also try clearing your Tab key’s command and any other commands that are not working for you.
I have encountered the same issue.
To solve the problem you need to go as per the follwougn;
turn it off
Guys thank you so much because i fixed this issue thanks to y’all.
PS Currently using a 3rd part keyboard
I have the same problem with OS 15 Beta. Spacerbar & tab not working! Very annoying!!!! Upgrade didn’t fix!
Yes clearing activate from spacebar setting fixes the problem for me.
