Shortcuts User Guide
- Welcome
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- Intro to Shortcuts
- Discover shortcuts in the Gallery
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- Run a shortcut from the app
- Run shortcuts with Siri
- Run shortcuts from Control Center
- Run shortcuts with the Action button
- Run shortcuts with Apple Pencil Pro
- Run app shortcuts
- Run shortcuts from the Home Screen widget
- Run shortcuts from the Search screen
- Add a shortcut to the Home Screen
- Launch a shortcut from another app
- Run shortcuts from Apple Watch
- Run shortcuts by tapping the back of your iPhone
- Adjust privacy settings
- Copyright and trademarks
Use the Ask for Input action in a shortcut on iPhone or iPad
Ask for Input is a powerful action that lets you enter information at the time your shortcut is run. The action presents a dialog that asks a question. When you enter the answer and tap Done, the data is passed into the next action or is stored as a Magic Variable to be retrieved later.
Ask for Input supports the entry of words, dates, or numbers, and the keyboard adapts to each input type. Additionally, Ask for Input allows you to specify a default value that prefills the dialog. When you run the shortcut, you can adjust the prefilled information.
The Ask for Input action works well with “logging” shortcuts, such as shortcuts that log health data or create journal entries.
Tip: Use an Ask for Input action that’s set to Number to quickly enter numbers in the Shortcuts widget or on your Apple Watch with the numeric keypad.