It is very interesting when you accidentally shake your iPad, the "undo typing" box comes up, especially when you haven't done any typing for quite some time. Is there a good reason that iOS 8 does this? Try it!
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Why does the "Undo Typing" box appear when you're not typing anything?
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Your iPad is simply responding to physical stimuli. It has no idea that the shaking is accidental - so offers to "undo (typing)" In spite of the fact that you have not typed anything, you did shake it with enough force that your iPad offers to fix something for you.
If you know why the "undo" message appears, then how would you want that message to be different?
Would it help if you could turn that setting completely off (so shaking gives you no feedback at all?)
If you know why the "undo" message appears, then how would you want that message to be different?
Would it help if you could turn that setting completely off (so shaking gives you no feedback at all?)
I would think that Apple is smart enough to program the undo box to only appear after you've been typing.
Do you feel as if that is being unreasonable?
Do you feel as if that is being unreasonable?
It's another one of those "this would be cool!" functions that have no "thought" built into them. 
Ah, perhaps that's it...
Maybe your impression about what is involved with "typing" is inaccurate.
Apple (that is, your iPad) may interpret that "typing" is more than just using the keyboard - and may be some other action that you have recently done, such as an icon move, or some other operation that could possibly be "undone"
IMHO, you are reading too much into the simple popup that appeared as a normal result of your own action.
(Try not to be so physical with your iPad
Perhaps it applies to more than just that?
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It's another one of those "this would be cool!" functions that have no "thought" built into them.
Apparently enough that it's quite useful to many in a lot of instances.
Simply backspace the space you just typed. A box will pop up showing you the thing you typed and sometimes other options.