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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Everyday3671 to c/apple_enthusiast

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I have been trying to use the iPad as a laptop replacement for years. However, the behaviour of a connected keyboard has always been a source of frustration. Namely, the “space” key would often not act to insert a “space” character, but rather as “activate”. Which means, in many situation, it would trigger whatever button on the top/top-left of the screen instead; the “Back” button in a browser, for example.

Anyway, I finally found where to change this behaviour in the Settings app, and thought I should share it. The setting is in: Accessibility > Keyboards > Full Keyboard Access > Command > Activate

Personally, I replaced it with cmd+enter; but you can do whatever you want there.

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[–] garretble 5 points 11 months ago

Oh this is interesting.

I’ve used an external keyboard for a while now and never had any issues with keys activating things I didn’t want, but I did just check that accessibility setting and I have that turned off so that makes sense.