IPad – How to use the Apple bluetooth keyboard for keyboard navigation on the iPad

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I'm using an Apple bluetooth keyboard with my iPad. Even in Safari, arrow keys, Cmd-arrow for forward and back, Cmd-D for bookmark, etc do not work. The only useful keyboard navigation is Return, Tab and Shift-Tab.

Are there perhaps some jailbroken apps that provide some sort of keyboard navigation shim? Perhaps through GUI macros?

Best Answer

I am sorry to say that I am unaware of any apps (jailbroken or otherwise) that add keyboard navigation to the iPad.

According to GigaOm, the following shortcuts do work:

  • ⌘C Copy selected text
  • ⌘X Cut selected text
  • ⌘V Paste
  • ⌘Z Undo
  • ⌘shiftZ Redo
  • ⌘↑ Go to top of document
  • ⌘↓ Go to bottom of document
  • ⌘← Go to start of line
  • ⌘→ Go to end of line
  • ⌘⌫ Delete to end of line
  • ⌥⌫ Delete previous word
  • F1 Make screen dimmer
  • F2 Make screen brighter
  • F7 Skip back one song
  • F8 Play or Pause Music
  • F9 Skip forward one song
  • F10 Mute Volume
  • F11 Decrease Volume
  • F12 Increase Volume
  • ⏏ Show or hide onscreen keyboard
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