diff --git a/ios/README.md b/ios/README.md
index 33fa33d..2dcadcb 100644
--- a/ios/README.md
+++ b/ios/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ finish GL work before suspension.
 Touch and coalesced Pencil samples become the standard AX pointer events;
 additional fingers are ignored during a stroke. Two-finger pan becomes scroll
 input. Hardware keys retain modifier flags for framework accelerators.
-`axSetTextInput` shows or hides the keyboard for an active text control.
+`axSetTextInput` shows or hides the keyboard for an active text control. While the
+on-screen keyboard covers the bottom of the window, the backend slides the
+whole app view up by the covered height, with the keyboard's own animation,
+and back down when it hides. Pointer coordinates are unaffected.
 
 The event queue accepts worker-thread posts and coalesces paint/resize events
 by target. Timers run on the main run loop and are cancelled when their owner
diff --git a/ios/ios_window.m b/ios/ios_window.m
index e6a0aa9..34e9394 100644
--- a/ios/ios_window.m
+++ b/ios/ios_window.m
@@ -209,6 +209,26 @@ - (void)viewDidLoad {
   scroll.allowedTouchTypes = @[@(UITouchTypeIndirectPointer)];
   scroll.allowedScrollTypesMask = UIScrollTypeMaskAll;
   [ios_view addGestureRecognizer:scroll];
+  for (NSNotificationName name in @[UIKeyboardWillChangeFrameNotification, UIKeyboardWillHideNotification])
+    [NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboard:) name:name object:nil];
+}
+// The app slides up by the part of the window the on-screen keyboard covers.
+// A view transform keeps the drawable size, and locationInView: still reports
+// touches in the view's own coordinates.
+- (void)keyboard:(NSNotification *)note {
+  CGFloat cover = 0;
+  if (note.name != UIKeyboardWillHideNotification) {
+    CGRect end = [note.userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] CGRectValue];
+    id<UICoordinateSpace> screen = self.view.window.screen.coordinateSpace;
+    CGRect kb = screen ? [self.view convertRect:end fromCoordinateSpace:screen] : CGRectZero;
+    CGRect hidden = CGRectIntersection(kb, self.view.bounds);
+    if (!CGRectIsNull(hidden) && CGRectGetMaxY(kb) >= CGRectGetMaxY(self.view.bounds)) cover = hidden.size.height;
+  }
+  IOS_TRACE("keyboard cover=%.1f", cover);
+  double duration = [note.userInfo[UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];
+  UIViewAnimationOptions curve = (UIViewAnimationOptions)[note.userInfo[UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] integerValue] << 16;
+  [UIView animateWithDuration:duration delay:0 options:curve | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState
+                   animations:^{ ios_view.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0, -cover); } completion:nil];
 }
 - (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
   [super viewDidAppear:animated];