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« on: June 05, 2020, 04:05:23 pm »

Is Apple testing a shortcut for changing iPad and keyboard brightness?

What you need to know


Apple's Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro has no function row.
That means you have to tap the screen to change its brightness.
But a shortcut is in the works for a future release of iPadOS.


More iOS 13.5.5 code snippets spill the beans.

Users of Mac portables can happily change the brightness of their screen and keyboard lighting right from the keyboard's function row. But Apple's iPad keyboards don't have that luxury and it's crazy-making. That might be changing soon. Sort of.

According to code found in iOS 13.5.5, 9to5Mac believes that Apple is working on some kind of keyboard shortcut that will do the same job as a traditional function row. It's thought that the screen and keyboard brightness will get this treatment, although it isn't 100% clear at this point.


  We've found evidence in code that suggests the existence of new keyboard shortcuts to change the brightness of the iPad screen or even the backlight of the keyboard. However, we haven't been able to...

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