click on it) Try global hotkeys of the host, like switching workspaces, windows, a player nothing works. Go to Preferences Input, and make sure the 'Auto Capture Keyboard' is disabled. Within the Keyboard menu, select “Hardware Keyboard” (you can ignore all the other settings toggles below it as they only apply to the on-screen software keyboard). Virtualbox captures keyboard even when told to not do so. With your Bluetooth keyboard paired to your iOS device and turned on, open the Settings app and go to General > Keyboard. While you’re free to leave those features as is, there’s a good chance you’re used to typing on a traditional keyboard and those on-screen keyboard time savers will now become time wasters.įortunately, turning them off is dead simple. When you pair a Bluetooth keyboard with your iOS device, the Bluetooth keyboard, by default, inherits all the features of the on-screen keyboard, including the language, automatic text correction, automatic capitalization of the first word of a sentence, and double tapping the space bar will insert a period. RELATED: How to Use a Physical Keyboard With Your iPad or iPhone Note: This feature is only available on iOS devices running iOS 10 or above-older versions of iOS use the same settings for both on-screen and physical keyboards, with no ability to differentiate between the two.

Let’s look at how to quickly turn off those features so your physical keyboard acts the way you expect. The take-for-granted features we enjoy when using an on-screen keyboard-like auto-corrections and auto-capitalization–quickly become a hindrance if you’re using a physical keyboard with your iOS device.

Turn off auto capture keyboard