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Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by "keyboard trackpad"? Is this on iOS or what? Edit: HOLY WHAT!?! How did I not know that this exists?!?! I just
by dkonofalski 11y ago
Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by "keyboard trackpad"? Is this on iOS or what?
Edit: HOLY WHAT!?! How did I not know that this exists?!?! I just figured it out. If you didn't know what it is, like me, then pull up any place where you can input text. Type something in and then Force Touch anywhere on the keyboard while it's showing. Your cursor will move with your finger like a trackpad. That's amazing.
- Kronopath 11y agoI'd like to take the opportunity to point out that when people talk about how mobile touch interfaces have "low discoverability", comments like this are exactly what they're talking about.
- trollingineer 11y agoThank you, Captain Obvious.
- madeofpalk 11y agoBut it should also be noted there's a difference of importance between the discoverability for basic functions, like opening apps or moving the cursor 'regularly' in a text field. Then you have the discoverability of the shortcuts, or 'power user' features which you can do without Of course, this is all on a grade. Control Centre has a medium-low discoverability (given only a visual hint on the lock screen), and is more vital to the iPhone. The 3D Touch cursor movement is a lot less necessary (I know about it but never use it), and is a lot less discoverable. The 3D Touch-from-edge-of-screen-to-switch-between-apps gesture is there as well, but make slightly more discoverable as its easier to accidentally trigger it to learn about it for the first time. An aside, I actually find the 'advanced' cursor movement, in both the 3D Touch form on iPhone 6s Plus and in the long-press form on the iPad Pro, to be next to impossible to use. I can never reliably figure out what triggers the different modes of it (cursor movement, text selection, etc) and thus barely ever use it.
- LeoNatan25 11y agoDeep pressing on the keyboard triggers a cursor movement (keep pressed to continue moving the cursor). Press deeper to toggle cursor selection.
- zimpenfish 11y agoDAMN IT. I knew about the cursor movement but not about the selection!
- mattlutze 11y agoThis keyboard movement business is far from less necessary -- moving a cursor in text the traditional way, with that wonky magnifying glass and terrible snapping precision, can be borderline infuriating.
- sjwright 11y agoThey could pop up a suggestion/tutorial the first time a user tries to refine a selection repeatedly?
- mattlutze 11y agoSomething would be nice. Pop-up tutorials always make me feel somewhat intruded on and break the transparent assimilation between me and the tech; being reminded you don't completely control this thing in your hand (or on your monitor -- websites fall in the same boat) dampens my trust of a tool. Maybe including it in tutorials in the system app. But, yeah something would be nice.
- gdubs 11y agohttp://www.asktog.com/papers/raskinintuit.html http://www.asktog.com/papers/raskinintuit.html
- davidu 11y agoWow. +1 for having no idea I could do that. So much easier than the old way of trying to hunt and peck the right spot with the magnifying glass.
- xuki 11y agoYou can do the same thing on iPad using 2 fingers.
- p1esk 11y agoTest
- jug 11y agoThis isn't even the end of it. Just to clarify, besides moving it like on a trackpad, you can force touch the "keyboard" while still holding down your finger, and it'll select the word underneath. Force touch again and everything will be deselected. All while you're still in the "trackpad mode".
- razster 11y agoI know, HOLY! As soon as I received my 6s I started pressing on everything and found this amazing feature. People bag on 6s force touch but I use it often and I'm a happy messenger for it.