Hi Alex,
The below information was gleaned from a couple of different sources. I would
love to have been able to give those sources credit but suffice it to say, I am
grateful to have received this information. Make sure you read all the way to
the tables at the bottom.
Mauricio
Navigating using the Apple Bluetooth keyboard
Keys on the bottom row of the Apple Bluetooth keyboard going from left to right
are:
The first key on the left side on the Apple keyboard is the FN key. This key is
not used for the iPhone.
To the right of the FN key is Control key.
To the right of the Control key is the Option key.
To the right of Option is the Command key.
To the right of Command is the Space Bar.
To the right of the Space Bar is another Command key.
To the right of the Command key is the Option key.
To the right of the Option key are the Arrow keys.
The alphabet and the numbers are laid out the same as on a PC keyboard.
When you want to move around the screen using the Bluetooth keyboard, you can
either hold down the Control and Option keys and use the Left and Right Arrow
keys or turn on Quick Nav and use the Left and Right Arrow keys by themselves.
Unless you are editing something, it is recommended that Quick Nav be turned
on. To turn on Quick Nav, hit the Left and Right Arrow keys at the same time.
VoiceOver should say “Quick Nav on.” Unless specifically specified, these
instructions will be for navigating the iPhone with Quick Nav turned on.
To move across the screen, use the Left or Right Arrow keys to
move around the screen.
To double-tap on something, hit the Up and Down Arrow keys at the same time.
If you are on the Home screen, you can Hold down the Option key and tap Left or
Right Arrow keys to move through the different pages of apps. You can Hold down
the Option key and tap the Up and Down Arrow keys to scroll up or down a page.
If you are reading a document such as a note or a web page, you will want to be
able to move around different parts of the document. You can do this using the
rotor. To do this, first tap the Left and Up Arrow keys at the same time until
you hear how much you want to navigate by. Then you use the Up or Down Arrow
keys to move by that amount. For example, if you are reading a web page, you
might want to move around the page by heading. For an example, we will open
Apple’s web site. Do the following if you have not made any changes to Safari:
1. Double-tap on Safari. Safari is the app for browsing the web on the iPhone.
If you have not used Safari before, Apple’s web site will open.
2. Keep hitting both the Left Arrow and Up Arrow at the same time until you
hear “headings.”
3. Hit the Up and Down Arrow keys to move through the different headings on the
page.
4. Hit Left or Right Arrow to read the information under the heading.
You can edit information with the Apple Bluetooth keyboard. To
do this, first turn off Quick Nav by hitting the Left and Right Arrow keys at
the same time until VoiceOver says “Quick Nav off.” Then you would hold down
the Control and Option keys and tap the Left or Right Arrow keys to navigate
around the screen. When you find something you want to open or edit, you hold
down the Control and Option keys and hit the Space Bar. Then you would type in
the information. If there is more than one edit box, you could hit Tab or
Shift+Tab to move through the different edit boxes. For an example, we will add
a contact with the Apple keyboard. Do the following:
1. Open the Phone app.
2. Open the Contacts tab.
3. Double-tap or hit Control+Option+Space Bar when you are on Add.
4. Double-tap or hit Control+Option+Space Bar when you are on “first.” Type
somebody’s first name.
5. Hit Tab to go through all of the edit boxes.
6. When you are done activate “Done” by double-tapping on “Done” or hitting
Control+Option+Space Bar when you are on it.
7. It is recommended that Quick Nav be turned back on.
8. Hit the Home button or hit Control+Option+h on the keyboard to get back to
the Home screen.
The below is from a different source:
Before going into the various keyboard commands, there are a few things that
need mentioning. First, for Windows users, there are a couple noteworthy
differences between a traditional PC keyboard and an Apple keyboard. Instead
of the control, Windows, and alt modifiers, Apple devices use control, command,
and option. Control maps to control, Windos maps to option, and alt maps to
command.
Second, in the list of keyboard commands below, you will see references to a
“VO” modifier. In the world of Apple, the “VO” (or VoiceOver) key is control +
option. That is, if the keystroke says, for example, “VO + down arrow”, you
perform this keystroke by holding down control and option, then pressing the
down arrow.
Third, when listing keys, what is being used is both a + (plus) and *
(asterisk) connectors. A + indicates which modifiers (such as control,
command, or option) are to be used. The * indicates the keys which are to be
pressed simultaneously. For example, “left arrow * right arrow” means you
press the left and right arrow keys at the exact same time.
Fourth, if you find some of the keys with multiple modifiers do not seem to
work with your Bluetooth keyboard, try using the other modifier. For example,
my Bluetooth keyboard has control, command, and option keys to the left of the
spacebar, but it also has an option key to the right of the spacebar. When
performing any commands that require holding down all three modifiers, such as
to increase the VoiceOver volume (VO + command + up arrow), I have to use the
right option key; if I use the left option key, the command does not work.
This is no doubt a limitation of my keyboard, not the iOS version being used.
Fifth, most of the text navigation commands that make use of the command key
can also be performed by substituting the control key for the command key
This is especially useful for some Windows-based Bluetooth keyboards.
Sixth, iOS has something called quick nav. Quick nav, when turned on, allows
for easier navigation between elements using the keyboard. To turn quick nav
on and off, you hit the left and right arrows simultaneously.
Seventh, the following 57 keyboard commands have been broken down into four
categories: general navigation, VoiceOver controls, text navigation, and
Unix-style
text navigation. For each action, listed is the corresponding keystroke when
quick nav is on and when quick nav is off. Some commands can only be performed
with quick nav either on or off, so the corresponding entry in the table states
N/A if the command does not apply. Also listed are the corresponding VoiceOver
screen gesture (where applicable) for reference and ease of transition.
And now for the commands…
General Navigation
table with 4 columns and 23 rows
Action
Keystroke (quick nav on)
Keystroke (quick nav off)
Equivalent Gesture
Toggle quick nav
left arrow * right arrow
left arrow * right arrow
N/A
Previous element
left arrow
VO + left arrow
flick left
Next element
right arrow
VO + right arrow
flick right
Previous element by roter
up arrow
VO + up arrow
flick up
Next element by roter
down arrow
VO + down arrow
flick down
Previous roter setting
up arrow * left arrow
N/A
rotate counterclockwise
Next roter setting
up arrow * right arrow
N/A
rotate clockwise
Activate selected element
up arrow * down arrow
VO + spacebar
double tap
Previous text field
shift + tab
shift + tab
N/A
Next text field
tab
tab
N/A
Read page from selected item
VO + a
VO + a
2 finger flick down
Read page from top
VO + b
VO + b
2 finger flick up
Move to first element
control + up arrow
N/A
4 finger tap near top of screen
Move to last element
control + down arrow
N/A
4 finger tap near bottom of screen
Scroll up 1 page
option + up arrow
N/A
3 finger flick down
Scroll down 1 page
option + down arrow
N/A
3 finger flick up
Scroll left 1 page
option + left arrow
N/A
3 finger flick right
Scroll right 1 page
option + right arrow
N/A
3 finger flick left
Move to status bar
VO + m
VO + m
N/A
Activate back button
escape
escape
2 finger scrub
Activate home button
VO + h
VO + h
N/A
Start/stop current action
VO + -
VO + -
2 finger double tap
table end
VoiceOver Controls
table with 4 columns and 10 rows
Action
Keystroke (quick nav on)
Keystroke (quick nav off)
Equivalent Gesture
Previous VO setting
VO + command + left arrow
VO + command + left arrow
N/A
Next VO setting
VO + command + right arrow
VO + command + right arrow
N/A
Increment selected VO setting
VO + command + up arrow
VO + command + up arrow
N/A
Decrement selected VO setting
VO + command + down arrow
VO + command + down arrow
N/A
Pause/resume speech
control
control
2 finger single tap
Toggle speech
VO + s
VO + s
3 finger double tap
Toggle screen curtain
VO + shift + s
VO + shift + s
3 finger triple tap
VoiceOver help
VO + k
VO + k
N/A
Exit VoiceOver help
escape
escape
N/A
table end
Text Navigation
table with 4 columns and 20 rows
Action
Keystroke (quick nav on)
Keystroke (quick nav off)
Equivalent Gesture
Previous character
N/A
left arrow
N/A
Next character
N/A
right arrow
N/A
Previous word
N/A
option + left arrow
N/A
Next word
N/A
option + right arrow
N/A
Previous line
N/A
up arrow
N/A
Next line
N/A
down arrow
N/A
Start of line
N/A
command + left arrow
N/A
End of line
N/A
command + right arrow
N/A
Top of document
N/A
command + up arrow
N/A
End of document
N/A
command + down arrow
N/A
Select text
N/A
shift + navigation keystroke
N/A
Select all
N/A
command + a
N/A
Cut
N/A
command + x
N/A
Copy
N/A
command + c
N/A
Paste
N/A
command + v
N/A
Undo
N/A
command + z
N/A
Redo
N/A
shift + command + z
N/A
Previous int. keyboard
N/A
shift + command + spacebar
N/A
Next int. keyboard
N/A
command + spacebar
N/A
table end
Unix-Style Text Navigation
table with 4 columns and 8 rows
Action
Keystroke (quick nav on)
Keystroke (quick nav off)
Equivalent Gesture
Previous character
N/A
control + b
N/A
Next character
N/A
control + f
N/A
Start of line
N/A
control + a
N/A
End of line
N/A
control + e
N/A
Backspace
N/A
control + h
N/A
Delete to end of line
N/A
control + k
N/A
Return (new line)
N/A
control + m
N/A
table end
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Alex Stone
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 12:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Bluetooth keyboard commands
I need a link to, or a list of commands for using an iPhone with a bt keyboard.
I looked for them on Applevis, but I couldn't find them.Sent from my iPhone
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