iPhone: Enable and use the caps lock keyboard feature

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By default, the caps lock feature on the iPhone keyboard is disabled. If you do a lot of shouting in your emails, you’ll want to be able to lock the shift button down. Here’s how.


The more I use the iPhone keyboard, the more I like it. There are not a lot of configurable options as of release date, but I imagine that will change as Apple receives feedback.

To enable CAPS LOCK on the iPhone, tap the Settings icon on the home screen, then tap the General button on the next screen.

In the general settings screen, tap on the Keyboard button.

In the keyboard settings screen, tap on or slide the switch to the right of Enable Caps Lock.

Caps Lock Use:

Enabling the caps lock feature doesn’t change the appearance of the keyboard. Instead, the caps lock feature is accessed with the standard shift key. If you quickly tap the shift key twice it will turn blue indicating that it is now in caps lock mode. You may need to try this a few times before you get it right.

Once you are done with your email rant, simply tap the shift key again to get out of caps lock mode.

 

23 Comments -


  1. No said on December 14, 2008

    Very good, i did’nt know this!

  2. CAPS said on March 13, 2009

    WOW IT WORKS

  3. TheAwesomePossum said on April 22, 2009

    AWESOME!!!!!!!

  4. Chan said on May 15, 2009

    Thanks good advice

  5. Nivia Cavic said on June 4, 2009

    AWE-FRICKING-SOME!!!!!!!!!

  6. Blake said on June 29, 2009

    Nice…and thanks. I just got a phone this weekend and I’m still learning the ins and outs of it.

  7. Anonymous said on July 3, 2009

    No problem! Enjoy your phone.

  8. Jason D said on July 3, 2009

    Thank you! This was very helpful!!! NOW I KNOW ALL ABOUT CAPS LOCK.

  9. Amit Gawande said on August 28, 2009

    “Caps Lock Use” solved the problem … though setting was done .. i didn’t know how to use it…

    Thanks after all :)

  10. Adrian said on December 30, 2009

    Thank you :D

  11. Keith said on June 1, 2010

    This was doing my head in – thanks a lot for resolving it for me.

  12. Gabriel said on July 1, 2010

    Just like that? Could you believe that I’ve almost gone crazy b’cos of this and I almost sent the phone back… Thanks a million you just made my day

  13. Evelyn said on September 9, 2010

    So f***ing excited about this – its been driving me mad since i got my phone! YAHOOO!!!

  14. Worldtecnica said on October 13, 2010

    Tkz

  15. AM said on October 21, 2010

    I wasted so many of my so few brain cell trying to figure this out.

    Thanks! AM

  16. Ria said on October 29, 2010

    YAYY NOW I CAN SHOUT AGAIN. FELT LIKE I LOST MY VOICE :-(
    LOL (Lots Of Love)

  17. Bel said on January 19, 2011

    YAYYY LOL I DIDN’T KNOW THIS! I LOVE THE IPHONE =D!!!

  18. Purple Rose21 said on February 26, 2011

    thank you soooo much.. apple doesnt have it on there website.. :}

  19. David Kirk - Founder/Editor said on February 26, 2011

    Glad we could help. Thanks for the kind words.

  20. Bryantalbrecht said on March 6, 2011

    FINNALY HEHE

  21. frog said on March 6, 2011

    fantastic

  22. Julianageve said on May 6, 2011

    Thank you soooooo much!

  23. vishnu said on November 10, 2011

    Thanks .

 

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