IOS Keyboard

The iOS Keyboard is very complex but one of the most important elements of iOS.

See also: UIPeripheralHostView, UIKeyboardImpl.

Sizes

These are approximate measurements in pixels.

Maybe it should be measured in points?

Portait (iPhone, default English US keyboard)

Sizes:

Item	Width	Height
Keyboard	320	216
Keycaps	15.1	18.8
Shift	18.8	18.8
123	18.8	18.8
Globe	18.8	18.8
Dictation	15.1	18.8
Space Bar	7.1	18.8
Return	4.1	18.8
Delete	18.8	18.8

Spacing:

Item	Width
Space between 2 keycaps	7.5
Space between left edge of screen and Q	7.5
Space between shift and Z	7.5
Space between delete and M	7.5
Space from left edge to A	11.3
Space from right edge to L	11.3
Space from top edge to first row	7.5
Space from bottom edge to last row	2

Landscape (iPhone, default English US keyboard)

Sizes:

Item	Width	Height
Keyboard	480 (3" devices) or 568 (4" devices)	162

External links

• http://www.idev101.com/code/User_Interface/keyboard.html