What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
Why? Because iOS does not recognize keyboards as supported USB devices. The stupid thing is that USB keyboards, in fact, work just fine. Apple allows them to work but nags you with a popup window every minute telling that your USB keyboard is not a supported device. Dumb dumb dumb.
I have a Pok3r and an iPad Air. The Pok3r is currently connected through the Lightning adapter and it "works" but with the nagging popup window. If I could connect the Pok3r to a bluetooth adapter like this one, then the iPad would theoretically see it as just another bluetooth keyboard like the one built into the Targus case. Bear in mind that I do not carry the Pok3r around with me. I leave it at work and carry the iPad around with me. The Pok3r isn't meant to be a portable input device; it is meant to be a superior replacement to both the glass surface of the iPad and the crummy chiclet keys of the Targus case keyboard. It can just stay at work where I spend 10 hours a day, and this bluetooth adapter can stay there too.
However, I am skeptical that it would work in my situation because I have the iPad paired with the Targus case keyboard. Can the iPad communicate with more than one bluetooth keyboard at the same time?