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Keyboard shortcut to activate app switcher ?

By Pa. Joe, 24 January, 2023

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi folks, What is the key board command to open the app switcher on an iPhone?
thanks

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f4 2 times

By Pax

10 months 2 weeks ago

home 1 time

supposed to be VO with H twice

By Scott Davert

10 months 2 weeks ago

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

I've not found it to be 100% reliable, but it should be VO modifier with H. Hold donw the VO modifier key and press H twice quickly. Sometimes, it will go to the Home Screen, but usually this brings up the App Switcher. Your keyboard may have a dedicated key for this or it may not, but that is the command used with VoiceOver. I have found that this command sometimes conflicts with "full keyboard access" which is anything but full access when VoiceOver is running.

f4 twice

By Pa. Joe

10 months 2 weeks ago

thanks, the function #4 worked. VO plush h twice does not.

Command arru up

By Holger Fiallo

10 months 2 weeks ago

In my keyboard, command arrow up opens app switcher.

arrow up

By Pa. Joe

10 months 2 weeks ago

The combination of command and arrow up does not work on my older logs tech key board

vo-f1 twice

By Bruce Harrell

10 months 2 weeks ago

good luck

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