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This has been present since iOS 10, and on iPhones with force touch you can force touch the keyboard anywhere and it'll turn into a trackpad.
by rwc 8y ago
This has been present since iOS 10, and on iPhones with force touch you can force touch the keyboard anywhere and it'll turn into a trackpad.
- ksec 8y agoSomehow on iOS 12 my iPhone 6s only works on Spacebar, not anywhere on the Keyboard.
- Matthias247 8y agodo you have 3d touch enabled? Afaik if it's disabled only the spacebar method works. If it is enabled only the force touch method works.
- erreJulian 8y agoI had no idea this existed! This is quite awsome, although I mostly use my iPad with a BT keyboard.
- isatty 8y agoiPhone XS - works anywhere on the keyboard but I think apple may change that because the XR doesn’t have force touch. I hope not though.
- codetrotter 8y agoI never knew about this feature. This is great, thank you both! Now I just need to get used to using this feature. I jumped a bit back and forth while writing this comment and found myself reflexively using the old way, but with a little bit of time and deliberation I am sure that I will soon be using either the spacebar or force touch without having to think about it :)
- drb91 8y agoWow there IS a use for force touch!
- saagarjha 8y agoForce Touch is very useful; the only issue with it is that it’s not discoverable.
- GeekyBear 8y agoNeither was right clicking in Windows 95, but that didn't stop us from finding places where it was useful and adopting it.
- cptskippy 8y agoA mouse (unless Apple made it) has visible buttons. A touch screen has no indications that it can be force touched. You only discover force touch if you mistakenly use too much force at the right time and place, which isn't an everyday occurrence. Where as a right click function could be discovered by clicking randomly with the right button which was obviously put there with purpose.
- setr 8y agoI really doubt the discovery of force touch itself is an issue.. it was in all their ads and they made a big deal out of it; when force touch can be applied, and for what purpose, is the bigger issue. The same problem apple has with option key. Right click is somewhat sensible: it works mostly everywhere, and gives you a “little menu” that you can equivalently find from the apps main menu. and it returns some result, always. But option and force touch.. its unclear when its applicable, what it’ll get you, if it even went through and for option, where the resulting button even is
- GeekyBear 8y agoIn Windows 95, right clicking did not always have an effect. There was no way to know in advance if right clicking a particular thing would provide options or not.
- kough 8y agoOh my god, thank you for telling me about this. I just upgrade from a 6s to a SE and I've dearly missed being able to move the cursor around with force touch (the only useful force touch feature.) Just checked and holding the spacebar works great. Thanks!
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