Cursor jumps to end of field

When filling out information in some text fields - for example the name entry fields on ancestry.com - if I need to add or change something in the middle of the field, I move the cursor to the position needed to add or change what I need to. Then, after typing one letter, the cursor jumps to end of the field. It wasn’t doing this until this last week, and it’s truly obnoxious. I guess my question is, is this a setting that I can turn off? It isn’t happening in this field I am typing in currently. I have attached the following image as an example of what it is doing. I typed Joseph “Jumping Joe” and then realized I needed to add Anthony after Joseph and before “Jumping Joe” and this is what happened. Only the “A” was inserted before the cursor jumped to the end of the field.

iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 17, 2021 10:20 PM

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Dec 10, 2021 5:43 PM in response to Walt_Whitman

Same problem. I do the space bar trackpad trick, type one letter, and it jumps to the end of the field. It’s driving me crazy. I finally looked into in right now.

I guess Apple is ignoring us?

Jan 6, 2022 2:04 PM in response to SravanKrA

That was not a solution but just the steps on how to manually move the cursor. Does someone have a solution as opposed to spouting instructions that are not addressing the original inquiry?

PNP4BBZ

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Jan 12, 2022 6:56 PM in response to Walt_Whitman

I also have this issue when typing in the search box in Safari. Sooooo frustrating as it just started doing that one day out of the blue.

Walt_Whitman Author

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Jan 13, 2022 4:02 AM in response to SravanKrA

This is a terrible reply and does not at all address my question.

Walt_Whitman Author

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Jan 13, 2022 4:04 AM in response to jbf16falcon

Thank you for stating. Thankfully this issue is now resolved for me. I am guessing Apple actually fixed it.

erikhei

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Jan 13, 2022 7:50 AM in response to outtie616

I know it's frustrating ... the heart of the original inquiry was just ignored.

Jan 23, 2022 12:23 PM in response to SravanKrA

In a world full of unhelpful answers, this reply stands out. A revision to iOS clearly caused this problem but as usual we are ignored by Apple and provided with redundant solutions

catawboy

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Feb 6, 2022 7:52 PM in response to catawboy

Here's an example:https://youtu.be/C0lJ_N5_l8Y

Dec 19, 2021 8:26 AM in response to Walt_Whitman

This happens to me on my iPad and not iPhone. But the suggested answer to the problem didn't actually address the problem. I suspect the reason there isn't a real solution is that this is not a wide spread problem. I suspect a full reset would clear this. Just have to decide if I want to go to that trouble.

Oh and in my case this odd behavior happens in every text box, not just chrome or Safari. So seems a global bug in the operating system.

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Cursor jumps to end of field