Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
This is another iPad Basics tip that seems to come up often in forum and support discussion threads: what to do when the space bar key is missing from the iPad's keyboard in the Safari browser app. Although Apple's Touch ID phones are no longer the latest and greatest thanks to the advent of Face ID , there's still an awful lot of us using them. Just tap the camera button, which appears onscreen in addition to the shutter button as you film. Last weekend, as I was browsing Twitter, I saw a ton of folks tweet in shock as they discovered a hidden iOS feature: the touchpad inside the keyboard.
I wasn't expecting Apple to ever support this option, so I'm positively surprised by its presence in iOS 12. You'll see a screen full of numbers and special characters instantly appear, and you can then just swipe your finger (without lifting) to the one you want.
You now get the option of what connection your apps use to do that—so if you've got a metered cellular connection, set them to refresh with Wi-Fi only. Press the Space key to accept the phrase and continue typing, or press the "x" inside of the AutoCorrect bubble to dismiss the shortcut without inserting.
Over its 10-year history , Apple's iPhone has undergone many improvements to make typing on it a good experience. Option-Command-T: Show or hide a toolbar in the app. Finally, if you'd rather use the little red close bubble in an open window in order to close it, by doing so with the Option key pressed, all other open windows will close as well.
In this case, press Option before clicking on the icon. Food blogger Krissy Brierre Davis tweeted a screenshot of her discovery on Twitter , saying she felt 'duped' about the keyboard hack she never knew about. It appears to re-sense the light around every few seconds, so you'd have to continue holding the top of your iPhone to keep the screen dim.
Press the spacebar to avoid the hover time here, too. Just tap and hold the period key (oh yeah, there's a freakin' period key!), then slide to pick your punctuation mark or character. Depending on which version of iOS you're running, you either swipe upward on the phone icon Domains that appears next to the unlock slider and choose Respond With Text, or tap the button labelled Message above the Slide To Answer slider.