Why can’t I place the caret on my iPhone?
Why can’t I place the caret on my iPhone?
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.
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You just place your finger on where you generally want it to go, and hold it there for a moment until a “magnifying glass” pops up that allows you to drag and place it precisely.
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just want to add that I don’t think I ever read this anywhere. I discovered it while mildly enraged, when I poked and held the screen while saying “FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUU” and then the magnifying thing appeared and I was like “oh”
Wait, what??? Oh my gods... it works on Android too.
If you slide your finger along the spacebar you can move the cursor as well
I saw somewhere that on an iphone you can also longpress the spacebar and slide around. Don't have an iphone tho, so no idea, but i thought that was a good idea.
I just tried this on my iPad, because this is its most irritating flaw. Sadly it didn't work, and nor did the space-bar "trick". The only option if the word isn't in the dictionary is to erase and try again. It's absolutely infuriating when I've typed out a long name, only to find a typo near the start. It's actually easier to write stuff on my (Android) phone, despite the much smaller screen, because I can place the cursor exactly where I want.
Which part didn’t work? You didn’t have the magnifying glass appear?
No, no magnifying glass, it just highlighted the word, options to cut or copy.
If you’re trying to place the cursor on a misspelled word, it may default to highlighting it every time. Try sneaking it in by touching and holding on a word nearby, and wait for the magnifying glass to appear before dragging onto the misspelled word. And it’s just a regular touch without breaking contact, not pressing like trying to use the haptic functions.
Mate, I have tried every which in the three years I've owned the iPad. It will not allow the cursor to be placed anywhere but the end or the start of a word. As an annoyance it's up there with the exclamation and question marks not being grouped with the rest of the punctuation.
Well, I believe you, but I don’t know what the problem could be then. I do this on two different ipads and an iphone, and it’s always worked for me. I did it twice just fixing autocorrects in this reply.