Did you know you can navigate around the iPad using only a keyboard, without touching the screen at all? It’s part of iOS Accessibility options, and using keyboard navigation makes the iPad feel a lot more like a traditional computer, even sharing some of the keyboard shortcuts that Macs have to do things like the ever useful Command+Tab app switcher.
To use keyboard navigation, you’ll need a keyboard connected to the iPad, and then turn VoiceOver on by doing the following:
- Open “Settings”, tap “General”, go to “Accessibility”, and flip “VoiceOver” to ON
With VoiceOver enabled you will gain access to the keyboard navigation feature, but there’s also a potentially annoying speaking aspect that comes with VoiceOver, just hit Control+Option+S to silence that. Now for the commands.
iPad Navigation Keyboard Commands
Basic keyboard navigation shortcuts on iPad are as follows:
- Control+Option+H – Home button
- Control+Option+H+H – Show multitask bar
- Control+Option+i – Item chooser
- Escape – Back button
- Right Arrow – next item
- Left Arrow – previous item
- Up + Down Arrows simultaneously – tap selected item
- Option + Down Arrow – scroll down
- Option + Up Arrow – scroll up
- Option + Left or Right Arrow – scroll left or right
- Control+Option+S – turn VoiceOver speech on or off
iPad App Switcher Keyboard Commands
Arguably the most useful set of commands are related to app switching:
- Command+Shift+Tab – switch to the previous app
- Command+Tab – switch back to the original app
- Left+Right Arrow, then Option + Left or Option+Right – navigate through Dock
Whether you have a keyboard dock, case, or just a bluetooth keyboard, check these out, they can completely change the way you use an iPad.
Source : http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/01/ipad-keyboard-navigation-shortcuts/
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