If using the Pencil and the keyboard won't stay hidden, I can't get any work done. I don't want the keyboard to determine when I need it because I usually don't. How can I shut off that screen hog PERMANENTLY until specifically, intentionally commanded by me to appear?
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iPad Pro, iPadOS 18
Perhaps if you can describe the Apps with which you are having difficulty - and in what circumstances the keyboard may appear - contributors may be better able to offer appropriate guidance.
Perhaps you are attempting to markup a PDF, a photo, or something else. Are you attempting freeform input, or using Scribble to convert handwriting to text?
There are so many ways that you may be using your Pencil - and many potential settings that may affect behaviour in specific circumstances.
Thanks for responding.
The problem applies anywhere but most frustratingly while using such apps as the Apple supplied Reminders app. I use Scribble but can write only a few words before the keyboard pops up, interrupting my work, hogging the screen and shifting the line where I was writing. Of course, I know how to make it go away once it rises, but why should I have to do so?
I want to turn off the keyboard until I go into Settings and instruct the keyboard to appear when needed. The Pencil is expensive, and I'd like to use it uninterrupted by the keyboard.
It’s in the software. If you’re using an app like Freeform, it shouldn’t open. Is your hand touching the screen when you use it?
How can I stop the iPad onscreen keyboard from appearing?
