IOS keyboard space key is very insensitive.

What is wrong with the keyboard on iOS. after the update, the space key is very insensitive. I typed 10 times it may accept only half of the times.

I am not experiencing any issues. What version of the iPhone are you using, and are you referring to the iOS 8.2 update? What troubleshooting have you tried?

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Tecra A11 - keyboard space key issue

Just wonder, if someone with an A11 has similar issues or if my keyboard needs to be replaced.
When I am typing, very often the space key is not accepted. Very annoying when you type without looking at the text all the time.

Hello
Im not Tecra A11 owner but on my other Toshiba notebooks I never had a problem with the keyboard. Every key will recognized properly if I press it.
I assume your Tecra A11 is pretty new and so its still under warranty. Therefore contact nearest authorized service provider. The guys can replace the keyboard because there are no single keys available.
But dont be worry about this, this is covered by warranty. :)

Space key very insensitive

I really have to hammer down on the space key on the right side. It not nearly as touchy as my 17 inch.
any ideas on how to make it a bit more sensitive? it's pretty annoying having to edit everything to put spaces in heh.

Punker, you are not alone!
My Macbook has the same problem. When I hit the space bar in the right-low corner it doesn't works ! It is very bad because it is a point that I hit often when I digit fast... I see that under the space bar there are three contact elements. When I hit the right part in the top or middle I see pressed the center and the right contact and it works. When I hit in the right-low corner I see pressed only the right contact and doesn't works! I think it is a physical problem in the contact... I don't want send in assistance the macbook for this but it is very annoying. I hope that it is possibile a software solution but I have not much .
If somebody have this problem please report here! My Macbook is production week nr. 11 (2.0 ghz)
max

How do I remove the space key on my keyboard for cleaning underneath?

How do I remove the space key on my keyboard for cleaning underneath?

Don't. It will void the warranty. Take is to an Apple store or an AASP and have them do it.

Water Spill on Keyboard Space Bar Not Working

Greetings,
One of my employees recently spilled a cup of water on their keyboard. I unplugged the keyboard, shook the water out of it and it seemed to work fine. A few days later, I was informed that the "space key" was no longer working.
Is there anything I should try to repair it? I am used to being "hands on" with repairs to our systems (we have about 30 Mac's on site). But, I wasn't sure if spills are considered irreversible damage to keyboards, etc. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Chip Henley
Administrator
CBS Press, Inc.
[email protected]
1Ghz eMac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) Systems administrator for printing company.

Don't use the dish washer trick with an eMac keyboard (the Mac keyboard with the nice crumb and liquid catching clear under-tray). I recently had a spill on my keyboard and decided to take apart the keyboard to investigate why some of my old keyboard cleaning tricks were not working. On disassembly I discovered these keyboards are not like the keyboards of yester-year.
Old keyboards were simply a rigid printed circuit board (PCB) and then the keys over it that pressed down and shorted traces on the PCB to make a key stroke. hen those got dirty you could very easily literally wash them, let them dry and continue to use.
These newer Mac keyboards do not use the same method. Now they have a few layers of thin flexible plastic sheets with traces imprinted in them. Several of these are sandwiched together. The keys above press down and make contact and also press the layers of contacts together.
The problem with the new method is once you get liquid in there, the liquid seeps between the thin plastic layers and simply sits forever with no air flow to dry out the liquid. So once you get liquid in there, it will either never dry out or take a very long time (months minimum) to dry out.
Once you get liquid in there, about the only solution is to pull the keyboard apart and separate all the layers and let them air dry or wipe them down. It is a PITA since each key has a little rubber dome that goes over each spot and they are not attached to the keys, so you have to put the layers back together, then put each of those 100+ rubbers in place then attach the backing rigid piece without moving any of the rubbers. It takes a fair amount of time.
My keyboard still doesn't work 100%, so I will buy a new one one of these days. Next time, I won't even bother with trying to clean it. I will just spend the $29.95 and get a new one.
Patrick

Apple Aluminum Wired Keyboard: Space Bar Issues

Depending on your typing style, you may need to change how you type for this keyboard to work properly. For example, many people type quickly and simply press keys on the edge rather than in the middle or top. For this reason, some keyboards have a larger spacebar, for example, so the wrist doesn’t need to turn in for the thumbs to reach the spacebar. Dell offers a keyboard for about $12 that has excellent ergonomic design:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku= 310-8038
The only problem with the Dell keyboard above is that eventually (after about 6 months to a year) the key travel may become a little sticky. On the Apple keyboard, the spacebar does not descend to where the thumbs are naturally positioned, so the thumbs must move up to hit the spacebar squarely in the middle. This usually results on tapping on the bottom of the spacebar. With the new Apple keyboard, tapping on the bottom area of the spacebar produces erratic results. Just now, I pressed the space bar about 20 times on the bottom of the spacebar and that generated about 5 spaces (about 25% functional). So, it will be necessary to press the spacebar squarely in the (vertical) center or toward the top. Horizontally, the spacebar seems to work just fine as long as you are pressing it in the vertical middle or top.
The caps lock key has similar issues as those with the spacebar mentioned above. Perhaps this is because it is a longer key than the other keys. If you are accustom to pressing the caps lock key with your little finger, you may try to engage caps lock by pressing the bottom portion of the caps lock key. This will work about 70% of the time, but not 100% of the time.
I've posted more about this and other related keyboard issues here:
http://web.mac.com/resourcesforlife/journal/writings/Entries/2007/8/21Apple_Aluminum_WiredKeyboard.html

Thanks for the great description of the spacebar problem. I've been trying to figure out a good way to describe it. Here's my take:
As you point out, the front edge of the spacebar sits too far up our thumbs, so it's located too close to the thumbnails, instead of having some portion sitting under our thumb knuckles, so less of our thumb is touching the spacebar along its lower half than would be desirable for a good hit. But this is a problem mostly caused by the short travel of the Aluminum keytops--I held a previous-generation Apple white keyboard up to the Aluminum keyboard, and there's very little difference in spacing of the keytops between the two keyboards--the bottom edge of the spacebar on the Aluminum keyboard sits only a tiny bit higher on my thumbs. What little difference there is, contributes to the spacebar problem, but it's the shorter travel of the Aluminum keytops that causes of most of the trouble for the spacebar. Hitting just the bottom edge of the earlier keyboard's spacebar is compensated for, because the earlier keyswitch design allows the keytops to travel further down than the Aluminum's, and it's this longer travel that allows the older keyboard's spacebar to actuate every time. With the Aluminum, your thumbs get stopped too early by the strip of aluminum below the spacebar, which sits at almost the same height as the top of the spacebar. At least Apple got the spacebar's cantelievering right, so you can hit either end of the spacebar and still register a keypress, even though there's only a single keyswitch in the middle.
Possibly owners could make some modification to the spacebar to reduce this problem--maybe applying some kind of adhesive layer to the top of the spacebar to make it taller, but that would probably wear down too fast. More advanced modifications would include cutting away the strip of aluminum that our thumbs hit, but I doubt too many people would want to do that. Maybe someone could manufacture a taller replacement spacebar, or one that's slightly taller just along its lower edge, so the letter keys just above the spacebar wouldn't get overhung by the spacebar, causing you to hit the top edge of the spacebar when you want to hit one of those keys.
I tried this theory, by cutting out some strips of Post-It notes, about a quarter-inch wide, and five sheets thick, along the whole length of the lower half of the spacebar, and it worked pretty well, but felt a little odd. A properly custom-designed spacebar would probably feel more natural.
I'm still trying to get used to the aluminum's shorter key travel, after typing on regular desktop keyboards for about 27 years. One nice thing about the shorter key travel is that it's quieter, and so it's less distracting to other people in the room--maybe Apple did this so their laptops would make less noise in a classroom or office meeting? It also makes it less likely to wake up someone sleeping in the same room. Also, the shorter key travel has been a lot less stressful on my fingertips--even halfway through the day typing on the previous keyboards, my fingers would sometimes start to hurt a little.

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I always thought Apple is consumer friendly. After 15 years of using PC I broke down and bought iMac for my kids. What is horrible pain it is to deal with it. you purchase a support plan which is almost impossible to register. Apple is just nicely set up to take your money and provide as little help as possible. I am terribly dissapointed in how difficult to they make it for you to use it...
very, very dissapointed. the whole apple experience is worst than Microsoft.

No major shortcomings keyboard arrow key. even if the text part of the message you clicked the arrow keys to update the screen would be great. with an update on my idea, and so it would be more useful

no major shortcomings keyboard arrow key. even if the text part of the message you clicked the arrow keys to update the screen would be great. with an update on my idea, and so it would be more useful

greghcrash wrote:
It Would be great to have keys on the onscreen keyboard.
Such as a computer keyboard.
With BACKSPACE, TAB WITH SETTINGS, DELETE, TYPE OF TYPE, BOLD TYPE, UNDERLINE ETC....
I HAVE A KEYBOARD COVER AND IF I NEED TO USE CERTAIN KEYS I HAVE TO SWITCH TO MY KEYBOARD CASE AND THAT IS VERY INCONVENIENT.
IT IS ALSO A TIME WASTER.
When you installed iOS 8 did you read about the new features? Applications can create custom keyboards…
http://www.imore.com/custom-keyboards-ios-8-explained
You need to look for an app that has a custom keyboard with the features you require, I suggest you find one without CAPSLOCK
greghcrash wrote:
IT IS ALSO AGGRAVATING WHEN TYPING AND IT AUTOMATICALLY CHANGES THE WORDS THAT YOU WANT TO USE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
Again you need to look at how to manage the device - these settings can be turned off already & you can edit the 'suggestions' too.
Settings > General > Keyboards > turn Auto-Correction Off.
Sadly you cannot disable autocorrect temporarily, so it's all or nothing.

SPACE Key on ProBook 430 G1 Stuck

I bought an HP ProBook 430 G1 in May. After a couple of months of very light use, the SPACE key on the keyboard started to get stuck constantly. For a touch typist like me this is extremely frustrating. I have two questions:
a) I live in Arcadia, CA. Is there a repair shop nearby where I can have the key fixed quickly (I'll need the laptop on a trip in a couple of weeks)?
b) If I want to fix it myself, where can I buy a spare key (or a spare keyboard)?
Thanks.

csun wrote:
I bought an HP ProBook 430 G1 in May. After a couple of months of very light use, the SPACE key on the keyboard started to get stuck constantly. For a touch typist like me this is extremely frustrating. I have two questions:
a) I live in Arcadia, CA. Is there a repair shop nearby where I can have the key fixed quickly (I'll need the laptop on a trip in a couple of weeks)?
b) If I want to fix it myself, where can I buy a spare key (or a spare keyboard)?
Thanks.
This is NOT official HP Customer Support
I, as most other persons on this forum, do not work for HP.
This is a peer-to-peer user supported forum for HP consumer class products. HP maintains no official presence on this forum and it is unlikely that HP will respond in an official capacity.
Any reply from a HP employee represents their own opinion and not that of HP's.
As this model is a business class computer, your question may be better answered in the HP Enterprise Business Community. You may also consider contacting the HP Business Support Center to request assistance with your question.
This may be a hardware issue, nevertheless try the following:
Try updating the drivers & BIOS from you product site.
Have you tried connecting a USB keyboard to check it if it's the board at fault here?
Try this:
Shut down the notebook
unplug the AC Adapter
Disconnect all the external peripheral devices
then remove the battery
Hold down the Power button for 30 seconds
Re-insert the battery and plug in the AC Adapter
Test for hardware issue from BIOS System Diagnostics by pressing F2 or F10 soon after restart - do component test - keyboard test.
Reboot,
Tap away at the esc key with USB keyboard as you start the notebook to see if this will launch the Start-up Menu
then select F10 to enter the bios menu
Press F5 to load the defaults ( this is sometimes F9, but the menu at the bottom will show the correct key )
use the arrow keys ( assuming they work in this menu ) to select 'Yes' and hit enter
Press F10 to save the setting and again use the arrow keys to select 'Yes' and hit enter.
Note: If you find the keys don't work in the Bios menu, then this is likely to be a Hardware issue.
This might help you:
Notebook Keyboard Troubleshooting (Windows 8)
OR
Notebook Keyboard Troubleshooting (Windows 7)
If troubleshooting doesn't work, it's probably hardware issue.
Contact HP in your region: This is the link to Authorised Service Center near your location
Thanks,
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BUG: KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS DO NOT ALWAYS ACTIVATE A SERVICE (A WORKFLOW)

BUG: KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS DO NOT ALWAYS ACTIVATE A SERVICE (A WORKFLOW)
When you assign a keyboard shortcut to a Service (such as a Service Workflow created in Automator) using the System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, if that shortcut key combination includes the Command key, pressing that shortcut will always successfully activate the Service. No problem there.
However, shortcut key combinations that do not include the Command key (for example, the shortcut key combo Ctrl-Shift-D) WILL NOT activate the Service in any newly opened application, until you click on the Services Menu option in that application.
As soon as you click on the application's Services Menu, this seems to bind the shortcut key combo to the Service, and thereafter, that keyboard shortcut will activate the Service in that particular app. But if you then quit and reopen the app, you'll find the Service will once again lose its binding to the shortcut key combination and will thus fail to work again.
This means that shortcut key combinations such as Ctrl-D, Ctrl-Shift-D, F15, Alt-F15, etc are not really viable shortcuts for Services, because they will not work in any newly-opened application until you click on the Services Menu in that application.
This bug thus greatly limits the shortcuts that you can employ for Services, because you can only reliably use shortcut key combos that contain the Command key. This is a fault that Apple really needs to fix. This is a very old glitch: I notice it is present in Snow Leopard 10.6.8, as well as Yosemite 10.10.1.
This bug does not apply to application shortcuts, however, or to other shortcuts in the Shortcuts Preference Pane, just to Services shortcuts (including the Mac's default Services, or any Services you make yourself using Workflows on the Automator software).
To give some examples:
The following keyboard shortcuts for Services WILL NOT work until you click on the Services Menu in the application you are using (and they will cease working again when you quit and reopen the app):
Ctrl-X
Ctrl-Shift-X
Ctrl-Alt-X
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-X
Alt-X
Alt-Shift-X
F1, F2, F3, etc
So until Apple fixes this bug, the above type of key combinations, that do not contain the Command key, are best avoided as shortcuts for Services. It is particularly unfortunate that function keys F1 to F19 do not work reliably, as these would make great single-key shortcuts to Services.
However, the following sort of keyboard shortcuts for Services, all containing the Command key, once set up will always work without fail:
Command-Alt-X
Command-Ctrl-X
Command-Shift-X
Command-Ctrl-Shift-X
Command-Alt-Ctrl-Shift-X
Command-F1, Command-F2, Command-F3, etc
So all the above can be reliably used as shortcuts to Services.
Here X denotes keyboard keys such as A, B, C, 1, 2, 3, =, \, [, etc.
Note that even for keyboard shortcuts containing the Command key, you may very occasionally need to click the Services Menu to get them to work initially in an application (notably in the System Preferences application itself). But if this is necessary, it is just required once when they are first set up, and thereafter the shortcuts containing the Command key will always work without fail.
The above was tested on Yosemite 10.10.1, but most likely applies to other versions of OS X as well, as I believe this bug is an old one. This bug is definitely present in Snow Leopard 10.6.8, because I have observed this same fault in an old Mac I have that runs Snow Leopard.
I have reported this bug to Apple, so hopefully they will see my report and act upon it. However, it might be an idea if others also report this problem of Services shortcuts not working property, to ensure that Apple get the message. You can report a bug to Apple via their bug feedback page here.

Exactly where do you want to use a GO BACK "shortcut" in Bridge? Maybe I don't even understand what you mean by Go Back. Bridge is only a file browser, nothing more. It doesn't open, edit, manipulate or save files at all.
Are you simply referring to going back to view a folder that you viewed before?
Please don't take this a criticism. As someone who will gladly pay money not to have to learn any shortcuts at all, I'm just puzzled and curious, that's all.

Space key gives double spaces or no spaces

The space key on my keyboard is getting flaky: sometimes it works fine, sometimes it puts in two spaces, sometimes I have to hit it a few times to get a space. Any suggested cures other than a new keyboard?

Well there are some instances where a crumb or fragment lodges under the spacebar. My Mom used to use her clamshell as a placemat for meals.
You can try inverting the keyboard. If you unlatch the security tabs and give the keyboard a good shaking - without damaging the bus (cable) that runs to the logic board.
Does your space bar still ave good recoil action when tapped??

Arrow and space keys not working on websites

I can't seem to get my arrow keys or space keys to work playing flash games on websites. An example would be this game: http://progressivefastandfurious.com When this game starts the car does not move anywhere because the keyboard keys won't work. What's odd is that they seem to work everywhere else (ex: typing doc etc.) This is not related only to this site but pretty much any flash or shockwave site that needs the use of the arrow keys. I also get weird responses when using the extended keyboard with the dashboard calculator. I assume these are coming from the same issue. I bought a new keyboard and my old one does the same thing.
Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2GB DDR RAM, airport, bluetooth

I take back the "extended keyboard not working in calculator" it seems to be working now. As for flash, not so much. I also found out it is all keys that do not work in flash. Here is a good example:
http://www.miniclip.com/games/base-jumping/en
That game asks you to it any key to get started. I was not even able to do that. I also had focus set on the flash movie so I know it should have worked.
In another game which is not flash but shockwave (director compiled file):
http://www.miniclip.com/games/on-the-run/en/
Hit the how to play button. The "P,S, and R" keys work but the other keys do not while playing this game. I am starting to thing I have some sort of accessibility thing turned on that interferes with certain keys. Anyone know of anything that may effect this?

Is there a way to share IOS keyboard shortcuts between devices?

Is there a way to share IOS keyboard shortcuts between devices? Although I use Text Expander on Lion and it is great, I think it would be very useful if Apple allowed syncing of keyboard shortcuts between the Mac and IOS devices via iCloud. It would be great to set these up on the Mac and have them available on both my iPad and iPhone.

Now built directly into the iOS:
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/10/27/set-up-keyboard-shortcuts-ios-5/

Space key not working

my space key does not work any more, but will if alt/option button is pressed. I did not worked with the settings or download any new program.
thank you

My problem was that the keyboard wasn't fully supported in some areas. I used tape to add padding for improved support.
In your case, it seems like a problem with the mechanism. You said it just started happening, so it worked properly at some point. Most likely this is because some particles got into the mechanism for the right platform and jammed it.
The best thing to try is to clean the platform and get the particles off. You shouldn't try to remove the platform itself as you won't be able to put it back. Try holding the keyboard in midair with the keys facing downward and blasting the platform with compressed air. I've also found that strong high frequency vibrations can help to loosen particles. You can try doing it with your hands if you're strong enough, or use a vibrating device to help you. You're looking for something akin to an Xbox 360 controller rumble feature or the PS3's dual-shock. You could also try a vibrating massager on the minimum setting, but take care as these can be strong enough to shake apart the entire keyboard.
To the person who received a red-domed 420s keyboard as a replacement: I assume that it and the x220 use the same keyboard wih the enlarged Esc and Del keys. When I called for my second replacement and specifically asked for the same model that my laptop came with, I was told that they didn't make those anymore and the white-domed version was used as a replacement. I really love my red-domed keyboard and I'd love to have a spare for when things go wrong. Any advice for how I can get one? I'm willing to buy it as long as I'm certain I'm getting the good version.

Keyboard space bar not working

Hi,
totally novice and new to mac here,my keyboard space bar working fine.. but with in an time span of 3 hrs something went wrong and now whenever i press it it gives thet error sound.But it works normal when i keep the shift key pressed.
so far which i can recollect the settings i have working before this event is:
1)enabled fast user switching.
2) changed the computer name
3) installed transmission and was dowloading 2 files
4) installled sun download manager and downloading solaris
5) enabled "announce the time" in clock preferences
my keyboard firmware update is uptodate
EFI firmware is 1.1 and up to date
thts all...
can anyone help?
Message was edited by: ashokdurai

ok.. i resolved it on my own. sorry for distrubing u guys.
actually i dont know the actually link.. but when i disabled speak selected text.. my space bar is working fine.
nor i dont knwo how it got selected ..
:P

IOS keyboard space key is very insensitive.

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