Restoring editing and typing options

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Restoring editing and typing options

Update to 13.2 is making it very difficult to edit text on my iphone - specifically:

It is now impossible to get the cursor to land within a word - so when just one letter is wrong I have to delete all letters that come after it so I can change it

It is now impossible to move cursor around the text freely by holding the finger on the keyboard area as before.

Note - I don’t use autocorrect - first because I type in several languages, and second because it has caused me and others too many problems that, on balance, it’s not worth the hassle.

How do I restore the keypad behaviour I enjoyed before update to 13.2?

iPhone XR

Posted on Nov 24, 2019 7:28 AM

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ubuuntu Author

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Nov 29, 2019 12:35 AM in response to ProustGiulio

Thanks for your reply.

At the very bottom of the page you linked to, it says:

Turn your keyboard into a trackpad

Touch and hold the Space bar with one finger until the keyboard turns light gray.
Move the insertion point by dragging around the keyboard.

That’s pretty much exactly what I was looking for - it used to work anywhere on the keypad, but this is good enough.

Thanks

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ProustGiulio

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Nov 24, 2019 7:38 AM in response to ubuuntu

You can't change back your keyboard behavior, but I think it's only a matter of habit. I was a bit confused in the beginning, but then it's easy for me.

See this section of the user manual:--> Type and edit text on iPhone - Apple Support

Regards

Giulio

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ProustGiulio

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Nov 29, 2019 1:00 AM in response to ubuuntu

You're welcome

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