Apple Intelligence is now available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac!

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Placing cursor middle of word - iOS 13

Does anyone else have issues placing the cursor in the middle of a word to edit with the new iOS 13 update?

It used to be really easy, you just clicked where you wanted the cursor to be... I have no idea why they changed it. I for the life of me couldn't work out how to do it, but found (on another website, not apple's) this explanation:

If your keyboard is currently inactive, just tap wherever you'd like your cursor to go, and it will follow suit. If your cursor is already active, tap the word you want to jump to, which will land the cursor at the beginning or end of the word. Then, long-press the middle of the word, let go, and watch your cursor appear in the middle.


So extra complicated!!


Is there any way to revert this setting, so it was how it was before? Instead of one tap, it's now a tap and a long hold (which is really tricky and glitchy, sometimes the whole word gets highlighted...)


iPhone SE

Posted on Oct 15, 2019 4:09 AM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Jan 24, 2020 6:20 PM

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.

187 replies

Placing cursor middle of word - iOS 13

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.