

It’s worked flawlessly in my tests so far.Īpple’s also done well to mirror the behavior of the macOS Dock on the iPad. And Apple has implemented these controls superbly – a small grey dot appears on the screen instead of a pointer, switching to a bar-like cursor when you need the fine precision of placing the cursor in text fields. Triaging emails, hitting links on web pages, striking icons and emojis in Slack and a dozen other tasks are that much easier with the precision of a mouse. It’s not only the fiddly, complex jobs that mouse controls are good for. You can actually use a mouse with iPhone in iOS 13 as well, but naturally, there’s much less value in using an external pointing device other than your finger on a smartphone 😅.Precise work in apps such as Lightroom is a joy Barry Collins IPadOS supports multiple shortcut buttons, depending on the mouse you’re using.īack under the main AssistiveTouch settings, you can adjust the tracking speed of your mouse from your iPad as well as opt to turn off the default AssistiveTouch menu icon. IPadOS will have you click the mouse button you’d like to customize, then choose your preferred shortcut. When Assistive Touch is turned on and a mouse is paired, your iPad will show a circular cursor like below:Īs shown above, click or tap the “i” to customize your mouse buttons. Tap your mouse when it appears in settings. Tap Bluetooth Devices… to start the pairing process. Make sure your Bluetooth mouse is turned on and is discoverable.


Next, tap AssistiveTouch and toggle it on as shown below. Set your mouse Bluetooth to discoverable and select it when it appears on your iPadįollow along below for how to customize mouse shortcut buttons along with a detailed walkthrough:.

