If I try to edit text I have typed out, it is very difficult. It’s impossible to place the caret in the middle of a word and difficult to place it between. Very frustrating and I don’t understand why.
Press and hold the space bar, then you can move your thumb side to side to drag the cursor
Seems like it’s going to work, then the cursor jumps back to wherever it was. Is there some technique for this to work?
iPhone text selection and text manipulation in general is abysmal imo. I find typing on my iPhone to be seriously challenging.
Thank fuck because as an android user who swapped to iPhone recently I’ve thought it was just a me problem…?
It’s so bad, and the keyboards suck. I miss my number line and long-press secondary characters. So so much.
It feels like the iPhone keyboard changed and this happens significantly more often now. I think it’s apple trying to “help”
hold down space and scrub around, and let go when you have the cursor positioned
With some experimentation, I found this works with SwiftKey keyboard, but is unusable with the Apple keyboard. Not sure what to make of that.
It works on my iPad but I have to use two fingers on the spacebar.
This is a feature. Also can be on the whole keyboard, not just the spacebar I believe
Whoa, this works on Android too. I had no idea you could do that! Thanks for the tip!
This is a game changer.
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I have the same issue. Seems like a bug.
It’s hilarious that you blame software for the shape of human anatomy. It’s due to human fingers not being precise input devices. They are large and rounded so it’s tough to know exactly which point will contact. That’s why you can just hold down on spacebar and move around the cursor.
It’s hilarious that you make assumptions. I use the spacebar trick. I place the cursor in the middle of a word, and then the cursor bounces back to the beginning of the sentence or somewhere else entirely. I’ve never had an issue until iOS 17. Hence, seems like a bug.
Edit: I should add, I could totally be wrong. And it still might be user error. I have no idea. But the cursor bouncing all around is a recent issue I’ve been encountering since my new phone and new iOS.
I don’t have ios 17, but have the problem with the space bar technique. I found it works with SwiftKey, but not the Default keyboard.
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