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Wow, thank you for posting this, I was just thinking this! Most people here focus on autocorrect, which isn't such a big problem for me since I'm used to havin
by lumenwrites 4y ago
Wow, thank you for posting this, I was just thinking this!
Most people here focus on autocorrect, which isn't such a big problem for me since I'm used to having it off.
But what the hell is wrong with the cursor placement? It is so incredibly broken, it has a mind of its own, and never goes to where I mean to put it.
Simply tapping on text puts it in the wrong places, but holding and dragging cursor or holding and dragging on the spacebar to move it also works terribly, somehow it never does what I need it to.
Selecting text is just as terrible.
It's also impossible to put the cursor in the middle of a word. WHY NOT? Just put the cursor where I tap! It is so easy to do on Android.
I find it much easier to type and move cursor on my Galaxy S9 than on my iPad mini, despite the iPad having a much bigger screen.
- shaoonb 4y agoTap and hold on the space bar to get something akin to a trackpad to move the caret around.
- ris58h 4y agoThey already have mentioned it. > holding and dragging on the spacebar to move it also works terribly
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y agoThe thing I can never figure out how to do is move the cursor very far, eg to the other end of a url in the address bar. Spacebar trick only moves the cursor so far. That’s mostly only useful if the text field has word wrap because you can move it up and down.
- girvo 4y agoOh wow you're right: trying to go to the far right of a URL bar is horrifically bad.
- 3np 4y agoI find far left of an already typed URL even worse.
- zimpenfish 4y agoAn easy fix for that would be to allow a second finger to drag the text field - hold space to activate the cursor, drag the text with a second, bingo. Or let the second finger hit "jump left, jump right" targets on the blank keyboard when you're holding space (but this is more mechanically difficult at least for me.)
- kiririn 4y agoFor this, first hold the spacebar to get a single cursor (address bar defaults to select all), then drag the cursor itself (not the spacebar). It accelerates to the end
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y agoWow, thanks! Hopefully I remember that when I need it. It just works!
- comprambler 4y agoSrsly do the "iPhones for idiots" books have this kind of information? I would read them if so.
- gusfrehse 4y agoIn my samsung you can use the "trackpad" swiping up/down. It gives Home/End functionality.