iPad & iPhone User - USA (2019-08)

The iPhone typing experience comes to Apple’s tablet, and the

iPad is the better for it. Leif Johnson reports

H

ere’s a truth we’ve had to endure for the iPad’s

entire lifespan until now: The bigger the iPad,

the bigger the frustration of typing on the screen

when you’re holding the tablet like a clipboard. One

hand had to hold up the iPad, leaving the index finger

of your other hand to hunt and peck its way across

the QuickType keyboard on the expansive screen.

How to use the floating

digital keyboard in iPadOS

iPADOS

TheiPhonetypingexperiencecomestoApple’stablet,andthe

iPadisthebetterforit.Leif Johnson reports

H

ere’satruthwe’vehadtoendurefortheiPad’s

entirelifespanuntilnow:ThebiggertheiPad,

thebiggerthefrustrationoftypingonthescreen

whenyou’reholdingthetabletlikeaclipboard.One

handhadtoholduptheiPad,leavingtheindexfinger

ofyourotherhandtohuntandpeckitswayacross

theQuickTypekeyboardontheexpansivescreen.

How to use the floating

digital keyboard in iPadOS

iPADOS