Add International Domain Extensions To .com Key

Apple's inclusion of a [.com] button on the iPhone's virtual keyboard has proved to be a big time saver when typing out URLs, but what about international sites that don't use the ".com" extension? You probably know about the trick where you hold down a button to bring up a menu with alternatives for the key. Mac OS X Hints explains how to enable doing that with regional domains on the [.com] key.

To get an international domain name, simply enable the international keyboard for the native language of that region in the settings (ex. for a ".fr" domain, enable the French keyboard). Here's how:

1. In Settings, navigate to: General > Keyboards
2. Enable the keyboards with the languages of the domain names you want to use.
3. When you're in Safari and you want to type that domain extension, tap on the key on the keyboard with a picture of a globe on it and switch to to the keyboard you want.
4. Hold down on the [.com] button, and after a second or so a menu should pop up above it with the option to chose the extension you want.

[via Mac OS X Hints]