Keyboard layout- why no number row?

[starstreak]

Ok, am I missing something? How come there's no number row on the keyboard on the iPhone? I know there's a version with a number row as I forgot what I was doing at the time, but when I needed to type something, a keyboard popped up and there was a number line above the normal keys. It's so much easier to type than always hitting 123 button to switch to numbers.

 

[BotchQue]

There is a single key at the bottom-left which will toggle to the "number keypad" (also with the period and @ symbols).
If there's a way to toggle to a 4-row alt keyboard, I'm all ears!

 

[starstreak]

Right, that’s the 123 button. But it’s so much easier if Apple just added a top row with numbers

 

[contacos]

Sometimes I wonder if Android has copyright on certain little things that are so obvious and I wonder why Apple has not implemented it since iOS 1. Besides the number keypad, another thing would be placing app icons anywhere on the home screen.

 

[AstonSmith]

The original iPhones were quite small screened... maybe it's a hangover from those days, where they think the number row would take up too much room? Do iPads have a number row?

 

[minimo3]

The lack of a number row makes it a real pain to type in passwords with a combination of letters and numbers. The iPad has tons of vertical space and yet it’s not there either.

 

[contacos]

The original iPhones were quite small screened... maybe it's a hangover from those days, where they think the number row would take up too much room? Do iPads have a number row?

Nope but at least on iPad you can swipe up on the keyboard letters to type a number instead (only works more or less though)

 

[bigjnyc]

This is so annoying especially since I always get the max size phones... at least add it on those. All of that gray empty space at the bottom where the mic and emoji icon are.... Surely they could implement those somewhere else and use that space.

 

[Fruit Stand]

This is so annoying especially since I always get the max size phones... at least add it on those. All of that gray empty space at the bottom where the mic and emoji icon are.... Surely they could implement those somewhere else and use that space.

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The keyboard in question here is available on all of Apple’s own internal devices including retail.

 

[ghostface147]

The keyboard in question here is available on all of Apple’s own internal devices including retail.

Evidence?

 

[Fruit Stand]

Evidence?

There is none out there. It’s impossible to get a screenshot on those devices.

Just speaking from experience and this was available as far back as 2013.

 

[earthdog]

It’s not Ideal but GBoard by Google works pretty well.

 

[djcgeez2189]

The original iPhones were quite small screened... maybe it's a hangover from those days, where they think the number row would take up too much room? Do iPads have a number row?

yes the 12.9 ipad pros have number rows all other ipads have the flick keys. Iphone is the only apple device with a inferior keyboard. and they do nothing to make it better.

 

[djcgeez2189]

there is no reason they cant get this to work on the iphone pro max

 

[egmonou]

This thirdy party one looks almost like the native one "number row keyboard"

‎Number Row Keyboard

‎Number Row Keyboard: The Smartest Number Keyboard on the App Store Switch to a new keyboard without the pain. Number Row Keyboard looks and behaves just like your original keyboard, with the added functionality of a number row. Stop wasting time switching back and forth between letters and...

apps.apple.com