Placing cursor middle of word - iOS 13

Apple - please revert back to the old setting of one tap to move the cursor to any character position in a word or space in a text field. Using the space bar and holding it down provides no precision of where the cursor ends up. This is seriously frustrating to have to delete an entire word just to fix one character.

I have the same problem. Very frustrating. If the word is highlighted for misspelling, but no alternative is offered, I can’t get back into the word to fix it (by inserting a space or whatever). If I tap, the word is then highlighted in “Select” (menu) mode and I still can’t get the cursor in the word. It has become intuitive for me to have the cursor appear wherever you give a light tap or double tap. I’ve tried dragging, and it doesn’t work.

That’s not much help unfortunately. Even turning the keyboard in to a track pad, I’m having to spend ages trying to get the cursor in exactly the right point so it doesn’t just snap to the end of the line. And as above, if it’s a spelling error with no suggestion, almost impossible to correct without completely re-typing. I’m wasting so much time!

It’s making me crazy! I just want to be able to place the cursor where I want to either remove a letter or correct it. I am not happy with much in the “upgrade” to the new OS! Split pages appear when I don’t want them, can’t place my cursor, email reply box is annoyingly more work than before. The only upside I see is the ability to flag in different colors, which I use to determine how important and email is to me. The rest of the update is bothersome.

I too was bugged by this but the new way to do it is to let the cursor know you want to edit mid word by placing your finger on the cursor and holding until you see the cursor grow to a larger size and then drag it to the mid word spot or wherever you want to place it and beging typing. It's not the same as it was before, a little more time involved and less intuitive but it can be quicker than retyping the whole word. One point, you can only change the cursor when it's a cursor. When it has become a whole word highlight you must tap somewhere else in your text to deactivate the highlight and return to a cursor.

Use the space bar as a trackpad.

No trying to see around your finger and it works perfectly, every time.

This photo is an iPad but it works the same for an iPhone.

Type and edit text on iPad - Apple Support

Yes, except it never lands where you want it to and if there’s a spelling error it seems to almost highlight it automatically, making it very difficult to place the cursor.

how is less intuitive a step forward?

You are not addressing Apple here. This is a user to user support forum and Apple does not participate here. If you wish to share a thought with Apple about an enhancement, use the feedback link here, Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Actually the new method is very intuitive and makes perfect sense:

Type and edit text on iPhone - Apple Support

If you're unhappy about it, feel free to let Apple know; we're all just fellow users here.

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WAIT! I know how it works now:

1. Place your cursor at the beginning or end of your word.
2. Hold and drag it into the middle of the word.
3. Release
4. Edit

It's not trolling, it's an accurate representation of the fact that since the day iOS 13 was released, I've never seen a cursor being moved by "trackpad" methods pop anywhere.

If you actually have and can reproduce it, notify Apple of the issue here:

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Thank you so much appleuser3billionand1 - this is a hopefully temporary resolve. -ny

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Jan 16, 2020 7:18 PM in response to Jason—M

Press and hold the space bar and you can use that like a track pad. It works quite well.

Kbqt1 wrote:

using the space bar to place it in trackball mode does help,, but i think it would be better the opposite way- it should be in track ball mode by default - and the long spacebar should be used to put it in auto highlight mode. And using the spacebar is not intuitive.

Then how would you use it as a spacebar if the default was trackpad?

You should let Apple know your thoughts here:

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See the section entitled "Turn your keyboard into a trackpad."

Type and edit text on iPhone - Apple Support