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I am also finding text selection in iOS 13 hit/miss. I either cannot activate the text selection or I cannot select without the cursor jumping all over the plac
by aloknnikhil 7y ago
I am also finding text selection in iOS 13 hit/miss. I either cannot activate the text selection or I cannot select without the cursor jumping all over the place. Also, I miss the magnifying glass for text selection. Did Apple remove that?
- justinv 7y agoHold down the space key as if you would be force touching it. It will make your finger become the "cursor". Slide it around as you see fit.
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- aloknnikhil 7y agoI was referring to text that's not editable. I can no longer select text on the screen without peeking under my finger to see if I selected everything
- slowmotiony 7y agoYup, the magnifyig glass is gone. A horrible design choice to get rid of it IMO
- ljsocal 7y agoBrilliant, thanks for this!
- gherkinnn 7y agoIt either mistakingly selects everything or refuses to select a word and suggests a different word. It seems to work better in Safari than Whatsapp. Bloody annoying.
- egypturnash 7y agoYeah, the magnifying glass is gone. The cursor will stay in the same place if you move your finger down some so it's not obscuring the selection; on a multi-line input, the first line's selection area extends down a half an inch or so, with all the lower lines displaced by a similar amount. It's not too bad when you get used to it though I still miss the glass when I'm using my phone or my smaller iPad.