jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

A friend has a fairly new iPad, and the Z and Y have swapped jobs. When she types one, she gets the other. Any ideas?

Yes, it's the virtual kbd on the screen.

Straightshooter Loc: Edmonton AB

Fix an iPad Pro Keyboard Layout Problem Where the ‘y’ key and the ‘z’ key Are Reversed
Posted on January 13, 2016 by vsajewel

I’ve been really frustrated trying to get up to speed while typing on the iPad Pro. One huge problem I’ve been having is due to the keyboard layout which came with a factory default setting for the onscreen keyboard using a qwertz layout.

Sadly, most Americans don’t actually use the standard qwertz layout…we use the qwerty layout. You’d be surprised to discover that one simple swapping of 2 keys, makes a huge difference when it comes to typing proficiency.

I spent quite a bit of time researching the problem and just wasn’t finding any useful help until I read about someone who was using what they called a Slovene keyboard. Their keyboard description was similar to mine with the ‘y’ and the ‘z’ key reversed. Now I knew more about what kind of keyboard I was using…but little else.

Specifically I still didn’t know how I could get the keyboard to revert to a different layout. Then I remembered that a great new feature of ios 9 was the addition of a search box to Settings. I typed ‘!eyboqrd’ into the search box and found exactly where I needed to go.

The location of the keyboard layout options is: Settings – General – Keyboard – Keyboards – English

iPad Pro keyboard layout settings

Once you’ve tapped on English you’ll arrive at several layout alternatives. In my case qwertz was checked off. I switched it to qwerty and everything is much better now!

3 Keyboard options for 'z' or 'y'

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Weird, but thanks. I'll pass this along.