JIS USB Keyboard on IPad Mini 6

Hi,

I am able to connect a JIS USB keyboard to my iPad and have the Kana keyboard added under settings. Though key layout is different from JIS though. Is there a way to change to the JIS key format?

iPad mini 6 Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 5, 2022 3:46 AM

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johnf246 Author

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Oct 6, 2022 1:53 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

That fixed it, changing the hardware keyboard to Kana and the ipad running on Japanese. I didn’t have the option when it was running in English.

Thank you

Tom Gewecke

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Oct 5, 2022 7:52 AM in response to johnf246

When you go to settings > general > keyboard > hardware keyboard and tap over at the right edge for Kana, what do you have checked? Does it make any difference if you check Kana or US?

Is your ipad running in Japanese or in English? Does one or the other make any difference?

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