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Apple wireless keyboard "scrolling"?

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Anyone know if any of the keys (or combinations of keys) allow you to scroll down a page. Like when reading articles on a news site?

One would think holding down the arrows would allow me to scroll down the page. I still have to reach onto the iPads screen and scroll with my finger even though I now have a wireless keyboard!

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Unfortunately, no, you still have to use your finger(s) to scroll, even with a keyboard attached. That's just the way it is...

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Apple should really allow this, especially in using a document processing application

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Expidia said:
Anyone know if any of the keys (or combinations of keys) allow you to scroll down a page. Like when reading articles on a news site?

One would think holding down the arrows would allow me to scroll down the page. I still have to reach onto the iPads screen and scroll with my finger even though I now have a wireless keyboard!

Thx

Scrolling with a finger can be a hassle. You might want to switch to using a stylus for scrolling down. I'm finding that a better solution.

At least in Safari and some other browser apps, at least it just takes 1 or 2 taps at the top of the webpage to automatically scroll back to the top.
 
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Thx for those replies. Not the answer i was looking for but . . . It is what it is. Maybe Apple will surprise us and put this feature into their next OS update.
 

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Expidia said:
Anyone know if any of the keys (or combinations of keys) allow you to scroll down a page. Like when reading articles on a news site?

One would think holding down the arrows would allow me to scroll down the page. I still have to reach onto the iPads screen and scroll with my finger even though I now have a wireless keyboard!

Thx

Scrolling with a finger can be a hassle. You might want to switch to using a stylus for scrolling down. I'm finding that a better solution.

At least in Safari and some other browser apps, at least it just takes 1 or 2 taps at the top of the webpage to automatically scroll back to the top.

The Dolphin HD browser (free in the app store) enables gestures for a variety of actions such as "scroll to top" and "scroll to bottom." Not a solution in the context of this thread, but I like the browser.
 

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jsh1120 said:
The Dolphin HD browser (free in the app store) enables gestures for a variety of actions such as "scroll to top" and "scroll to bottom." Not a solution in the context of this thread, but I like the browser.

That's a great tip. I'll try it.

Thank you!
 

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for JB'd iPads, "scroll to bottom" is one of the features in "action menu plus pack"... i'm not sure if it's also in the free version "action menu"...
 

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