You can reposition your iPad's keyboard and split it in half. Here's how... January 13, 2014 8:00 AM PST (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Ever find your iPad's virtual keyboard stuck in the middle of the screen instead of at the bottom? If so, there's an easy enough way to coax it back down. The iPad offers two positions for the onscreen keyboard -- docked and undocked. Docked mode places it at the bottom of the screen, while undocked mode lifts it up to the middle. Should you find the keyboard accidentally floating in undocked mode, hold down the keyboard button, the same one you normally tap to turn off the keyboard. A popup menu appears with two choices -- Dock and Split. Move your finger to the Dock option, and your keyboard should slowly sink back to the bottom. And what about the Split option? Split separates the keyboard into two halves, a handy option for anyone who wants to type with both sets of fingers. The keys themselves become smaller, however, so this may be more feasible for those of you with pint-sized fingertips. You can also split the keyboard by placing your fingers in the middle of it and moving them apart and then merge it by pinching the two halves back together.
You can reposition your iPad's keyboard and split it in half. Here's how...
(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)
Ever find your iPad's virtual keyboard stuck in the middle of the screen instead of at the bottom? If so, there's an easy enough way to coax it back down.
The iPad offers two positions for the onscreen keyboard -- docked and undocked. Docked mode places it at the bottom of the screen, while undocked mode lifts it up to the middle. Should you find the keyboard accidentally floating in undocked mode, hold down the keyboard button, the same one you normally tap to turn off the keyboard.
A popup menu appears with two choices -- Dock and Split. Move your finger to the Dock option, and your keyboard should slowly sink back to the bottom.
And what about the Split option? Split separates the keyboard into two halves, a handy option for anyone who wants to type with both sets of fingers. The keys themselves become smaller, however, so this may be more feasible for those of you with pint-sized fingertips. You can also split the keyboard by placing your fingers in the middle of it and moving them apart and then merge it by pinching the two halves back together.
