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"3D" touch for placing the cursor doesn't seem to work either. Probably my favorite feature

• cloudwalking 10y ago
  Instead you can just swipe the spacebar left or right. It works much better than the iOS 3D touch cursor movement, which seems to false-negative on my force touch very frequently (at least half the time, for me).
  • grmarcil 10y ago
    Thanks for the hint on swiping the spacebar. I still miss the ability to move the cursor vertically and select with the trackpad but this at least makes Gboard usable for me. I think I had the same false-negative problem you are describing with 3D touch trackpad, but it seemed to get a lot better for me with the iOS 9.3 release. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it seemed like there were improvements to whatever algorithm determines a user's intention for normal vs 3D touch. On the other hand, maybe I trained myself to their algorithm. It seems like starting with light contact and increasing pressure is a more reliable trigger than just going in with firm pressure right away.
    • mikeknoop 10y ago
      From my experience, the force touch trackpad cursor only works if you wait 1s between the last normal touch and the force touch.
  • scotchio 10y ago
    Agree - Love this. Thanks for the tip