iPad Pro Switching between Keyboards on iPad with Apple Magic Keyboard

[Mike Boreham]

This article says press and hold control and then space bar to cycle, but nothing happens when I press control.

Any help welcome

OSK switching works fine but not with MK.

Thanks

 

[FreakinEurekan]

That article is for iPod touch with iOS 15... try this one? It has additional info for iPad.

 

[Mike Boreham]

That article is for iPod touch with iOS 15... try this one? It has additional info for iPad.

Thanks! silly mistake ipad/ipod! Unfortunately the instructions to press and hold control while pressing space bar are identical.
The additional info about the globe key brings up a screen with a number of options but keyboard switch is not one of them. There is another tab (stage manager) not in the screenshot below.

 

[Mike Boreham]

Thanks! silly mistake ipad/ipod! Unfortunately the instructions to press and hold control while pressing space bar are identical.
The additional info about the globe key brings up a screen with a number of options but keyboard switch is not one of them. There is another tab (stage manager) not in the screenshot below.

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Think I understand this now. The control/space bar instructions work as the links if you have second language keyboard added, and you are in a window with the cursor flashing waiting. When I added a second language keyboard the control/space bar method worked. However even with a second language keyboard the globe key method doesn’t seem to work.

The reason I wanted to switch keyboards was because I have Pycopaste installed which, when used with the OSK, brings up another keyboard with the Clipboard history on it. But Pycopaste is not another language and I think the iPad with MK instructions are only applicable to different language keyboards. With OSK you can have Swiftkey keyboard etc, but these are meaningless for hardware keyboards like MK.

Using Pycopaste on the iPad with MK is best done by having the Pycopaste app in the dock and quickly opening it to copy what is required.

BTW I strongly recommend Pycopaste. Just come to it after using the expensive Paste for a few years.

Thanks for the help.