iOS9 Bluetooth Keyboard Functionality Requests Thread

[mattoligy]

Ok so I have been testing the added bluetooth keyboard functionality in iOS9 and it's a good start, however there is still lots missing! Please add your feature requests below and i'll do my best to add them to the list...

System Wide

• More Scrolling (arrow keys) in apps, such as;
  • Photos
  • Calendar
  • iTunes
  • App Store
  • Music
  • iBooks
  • iCloud Drive
  • Facetime (call list)
  • etc

Third party API for simple keyboard functionality such as scrolling (pages, lists and content areas), "enter" and "esc" key navigation and shortcuts.

• List and content navigation
  • Arrow keys to scroll (up/down) a list
  • "Enter" to select content, "esc" to return to list
  • Arrows to scroll content when an content area is selected
  • (Examples below)

Homescreen

• Arrows (left/right) to scroll springboard pages
• Arrows (up/down) to access spotlight search
• Notification Center shortcut
• Notification Center Scrolling with arrow keys
• Control Center Shortcut
• Control Center area specific shortcuts such as bluetooth, wifi, airplane mode etc
• App Switcher shortcut
• App Switcher scrolling (right/left arrows)
• App Switcher hand off apps pull up (up arrow)

Mail

• Arrow keys to scroll (up/down) email list
• "Enter" to select email, "esc" to return to email list
• Arrows to scroll email content when an email is selected

Messages

• Arrow keys to scroll (up/down) messages list
• "Enter" to select message, "esc" to return to message list
• Arrows to scroll message content when an message is selected
• Shortcut to access "details" and arrows to scroll "details" page
• Shortcut to send photo and arrow keys to navigate photo picker interface
• Shortcut to enter edit mode ("more")
• Delete (backspace) key to delete a message thread

Notes

• Arrow keys to scroll (up/down) notes list
• "Enter" to select note, "esc" to return to notes list
• Arrows to scroll note content when an note is selected
• Shortcuts for bulleted, dashed and numbered lists

Contacts

• Arrow keys to scroll (up/down) contacts list
• "Enter" to select contact, "esc" to return to contact list
• Arrows to scroll contact content when a contact is selected

 

[gsmornot]

I gave it a don't care but that's not 100% right. I just don't care enough to say Hell Yes. I use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard with my iPad occasionally when I have a long list of calendar items to update or a document to work on but really don't mind using the touch screen for most of my interaction and the keyboard for faster typing. I would accept more options gladly and do use basic shortcuts for copy/paste and or undo but can't possibly remember every combo since this is not a daily use item for me.

So, I support your want for more features if this is something you would like to use more of but can't really say I am overly excited personally one way or the other.

 

[mattoligy]

I gave it a don't care but that's not 100% right. I just don't care enough to say Hell Yes.

Got you covered