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How can I position the cursor in the middle of a word?

Since the upgrade to iPadOS 13.1 I cannot position the cursor in the middle of a word anymore. It always selects the whole word - which is very annoying to retype everything just because of a minor typing-error.

I already deactivated „Delete by whole word“ in Preferences-General-keyboard to no avail.


Does not happen in all apps, but many.

iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi, Cellular

Posted on Oct 4, 2019 7:48 AM

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Posted on Oct 4, 2019 8:09 AM

Hello,


iPadOS 13 handles the curser in a different way. Instead of holding down in the middle of a word to access the magnifier, you now pick up the cursor and place it where you would like it.


Alternatively you can use the trackpad inside the on-screen keyboard. You can access the trackpad by placing 2 fingers on the keyboard and start planing your fingers. This will turn the on-screen keyboard into a trackpad. You can also double-tap with 2 fingers to enter text selection mode.

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Oct 4, 2019 8:09 AM in response to Gulliver

Hello,


iPadOS 13 handles the curser in a different way. Instead of holding down in the middle of a word to access the magnifier, you now pick up the cursor and place it where you would like it.


Alternatively you can use the trackpad inside the on-screen keyboard. You can access the trackpad by placing 2 fingers on the keyboard and start planing your fingers. This will turn the on-screen keyboard into a trackpad. You can also double-tap with 2 fingers to enter text selection mode.

How can I position the cursor in the middle of a word?

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