{"title":"Phantom Buttons on the iPad's Split Keyboard","html_url":"https://deallocatedobjects.com/posts/phantom-buttons-on-the-ipad's-split-keyboard","source_url":"http://ios.finerthingsin.com/post/16982049392/ipad-keyboard-phantom-buttons","markdown_content":"Yet another example of details that 99.9% of users would never notice but use constantly.\r\n\r\n> The iPad’s split keyboard has phantom buttons. If you’re used to typing Y with your left hand, you can.\r\n\r\n> To enable this keyboard, tap-hold on the “toggle keyboard” button in the lower right to get a menu, or tap-hold on it and drag upwards. Reverse that to reunite the two halves back to normal at the bottom.\r\n\r\n![Screenshot](http://cl.ly/E7UY/Screen%20Shot%202012-02-11%20at%201.20.07%20PM.png)\r\n\r\nI love discovering little tid bits like this. Apple (among others) manage to sprinkle them in the strangest and most obvious places. ","html_content":"<p>Yet another example of details that 99.9% of users would never notice but use constantly.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>The iPad’s split keyboard has phantom buttons. If you’re used to typing Y with your left hand, you can.</p>\n\n<p>To enable this keyboard, tap-hold on the “toggle keyboard” button in the lower right to get a menu, or tap-hold on it and drag upwards. Reverse that to reunite the two halves back to normal at the bottom.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://deallocatedobjects.com/media/ca72b810569a.png\" alt=\"iPad split keyboard with the hidden phantom keys circled in red on each half\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"304\"></p>\n\n<p>I love discovering little tid bits like this. Apple (among others) manage to sprinkle them in the strangest and most obvious places. </p>","created_at":"2013-11-16T05:10:25.579Z","updated_at":"2013-11-16T05:10:25.579Z"}