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Chad Conwell
User level: Level 1 (44 points)

iPad keyboard scales poorly with Display Zoom in iPadOS 27.2

In iPad OS 27.2 (and 27.0), the keyboard is rendered poorly when you use Display Zoom. See attachment. Many aesthetic issues (e.g., special characters overlapping number keys).


But importantly, there's a big accessibility issue. The Space Bar button is dramatically smaller than it should be relative to other keys. It's the smallest button on the bottom row! This obviously makes it more difficult to type.


Apple needs to fix this. And it can't be a difficult change -- the keyboard has scaled correctly on prior versions of iPad OS.


In addition, Apple needs to fix how it tests Display Zoom functionality. Annual releases for both iPad OS and iOS regularly have bugs that are introduced in display zoom.

Posted on Oct 26, 2026 4:01 PM

3 replies

brbo
User level: Level 8 (45,179 points)

Nov 6, 2026 5:05 PM in response to Chad Conwell

Re: "iPad keyboard scales poorly with Display Zoom in iPadOS 27.2 ...

... Apple needs to fix this. "


Thank you kindly for your post to us, in this Apple (user-to-user) Community.

As we are all Apple customers, just as you are, no-one here can fix this for you.

Apple is not here, and is unlikely to see or read your post.


We'd like to help however: Apple does welcome feedback, provides a feedback website, and provides a contact e-address for feedback on accessibility software.


If you choose to send feedback:

You may want to provide a link to your discussion thread here.

We can let Apple know which hardware models and software versions are affected.


See: Apple's Feedback website: https://www.apple.com/feedback/

or

To provide feedback about an accessibility feature on an Apple product,

you can email the Accessibility team: [email protected]. 


The more feedback Apple receives on an issue, the more likely we will see the issue addressed in a future update. (It seems others do have a similar issue, so they too may want to send feedback and help contribute to a "fix".)


All the best :-)

Chad Conwell Author
User level: Level 1 (44 points)

Nov 7, 2026 10:49 AM in response to brbo

Thanks. Didn't know about the accessibility team email.

brbo
User level: Level 8 (45,179 points)

Nov 7, 2026 2:58 PM in response to Chad Conwell

Thank you kindly for taking the time to reply, and to let us know. :-)

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256383570