---
title: "Phantom Buttons on the iPad's Split Keyboard"
url: https://deallocatedobjects.com/posts/phantom-buttons-on-the-ipad's-split-keyboard
author: Jake Marsh
published: 2012-02-11
updated: 2013-11-16
link: http://ios.finerthingsin.com/post/16982049392/ipad-keyboard-phantom-buttons
topics: ["Apple", "Design"]
description: "Yet another example of details that 99.9% of users would never notice but use constantly. The iPad’s split keyboard has phantom buttons. If you’re used to typing Y with your left hand, you can."
---

# Phantom Buttons on the iPad's Split Keyboard

By Jake Marsh, February 11, 2012. HTML: https://deallocatedobjects.com/posts/phantom-buttons-on-the-ipad's-split-keyboard

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Yet another example of details that 99.9% of users would never notice but use constantly.

> The iPad’s split keyboard has phantom buttons. If you’re used to typing Y with your left hand, you can.

> 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.

![Screenshot](https://deallocatedobjects.com/media/ca72b810569a.png)

I love discovering little tid bits like this. Apple (among others) manage to sprinkle them in the strangest and most obvious places.