Bug in iPadOS 16 (among several) - floating keyboard/mic thing w bluetooth keyboard active

[pdoherty]

Anyone else notice this? This box with a keyboard and mic icon stays in front of the text input area on all apps - this pic is from Safari but I also see it in text messages (like when you're on a webpage and hit the square to send it to someone) where a similar issue happens, though that one is a bit different as it pastes the site/image in and you can't get to the "send" button as it's obscured by it - you have to hit ENTER and hope for the best and add text in a subsequent message.

 

[Ludatyk]

Anyone else notice this? This box with a keyboard and mic icon stays in front of the text input area on all apps - this pic is from Safari but I also see it in text messages (like when you're on a webpage and hit the square to send it to someone) where a similar issue happens, though that one is a bit different as it pastes the site/image in and you can't get to the "send" button as it's obscured by it - you have to hit ENTER and hope for the best and add text in a subsequent message.

Yeah, I tend to have an issue with it as well. But it has improved in this latest beta… you have to tap/click on the keyboard glyph/symbol and select minimize. You can move it to either side left/right… and can easily bring it back to the center when necessary.

 

[pdoherty]

Another bug - when using a Bluetooth keyboard case you can press CMD+TAB to cycle through open apps to switch which app you want. That still works, but they've screwed up the feature where, if you simply press and hold CMD, it will tell you the shortcuts available; that usually only shows up if you hold only CMD and hold it for a few seconds. Now, even when actively using CMD-TAB to cycle between apps, the CMD shortcut hints keep showing up.

 

[pdoherty]

Another bug while using a bluetooth keyboard - when you take a screenshot and then hit to send it to a text recipient, the image is in the input text field (like normal) but the focus where any text you might wish to add is below the actual bottom of the screen so you can't see it. Only thing to do is type blindly and hit ENTER, or hit ENTER to send the message first and then type a followup text after that when you can actually see what you're typing again.

 

[pdoherty]

Found another bug - this time in the latest 16.1.1 that I just applied yesterday.

With a bluetooth keyboard in use, if I scroll while on the Reddit website in Safari with the up/down arrows on the keyboard, the floating horizontal bar that's usually permanently-affixed (for some reason) that lets you swipe up to bring you back to the Home Screen, will now appear right after you stop scrolling up or down - appears and then goes away after a few seconds.

Took a screenshot of it happening. You can see the bar running horizontally across the lower middle of the screen. It shouldn't be there at all, ever.