diff --git a/Sources/TimecodeKitUI/SwiftUI/TimecodeField/TimecodeField ComponentView.swift b/Sources/TimecodeKitUI/SwiftUI/TimecodeField/TimecodeField ComponentView.swift
index 5f38ff85..9d6ce151 100644
--- a/Sources/TimecodeKitUI/SwiftUI/TimecodeField/TimecodeField ComponentView.swift	
+++ b/Sources/TimecodeKitUI/SwiftUI/TimecodeField/TimecodeField ComponentView.swift	
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ extension TimecodeField {
             #elseif os(iOS) || os(visionOS)
             ZStack {
                 KeyboardInputView(
-                    keyboardType: .decimalPad
+                    keyboardType: .decimalPad // note that on iPadOS this also contains extended chars
                 ) { keyEquivalent in
-                    handleKeyPress(key: keyEquivalent)
+                    _ = handleKeyPress(key: keyEquivalent)
                 }
                 .onKeyPress(phases: [.down, .repeat]) { keyPress in
                     // only handle hardware keyboard keys that aren't already handled by KeyboardInputView.
diff --git a/Sources/TimecodeKitUI/Utilities/KeyboardInputView.swift b/Sources/TimecodeKitUI/Utilities/KeyboardInputView.swift
index 17dcd5b6..2c29c6e9 100644
--- a/Sources/TimecodeKitUI/Utilities/KeyboardInputView.swift
+++ b/Sources/TimecodeKitUI/Utilities/KeyboardInputView.swift
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@ struct KeyboardInputView: UIViewRepresentable {
             keyPressed(.delete)
         }
         
+        // forward return key
+        func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
+            keyPressed(.return)
+            return false
+        }
+        
+        // TODO: could forward this in the future as well
+        // func textFieldShouldClear(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool { }
+        
         override var hasText: Bool { true }
     }
 }