Details for assistive touch scrolling - how to use grey dot that appears when you select scrolling commands

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Details for assistive touch scrolling - how to use grey dot that appears when you select scrolling commands

I've been trying to use assistive touch to enhance my scrolling capabilities, but I can't figure out how to use the grey dot that appears when I select a scrolling command. The dot does seem to control scrolling to some degree, but it doesn't work consistently, and continues to follow my finger around even after I am done scrolling.

I have "scroll to bottom" selected as one of my assistive touch menu items, expecting it would give me an easy way to get to the bottom of, say, a page in the Wikipedia App. But the grey dot appears, if I touch it, it scrolls down but not necessarily to the bottom, and then it keeps interfering with page navigation afterwards. I haven't been able to find anything explaining how this works. Thanks.

iPad, iPadOS 16

Posted on Dec 14, 2022 6:15 PM

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Dec 17, 2022 2:02 PM in response to dna-dna

Hi dna-dna,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. Assistive Touch is a great feature to use on your iPad. You can see more about this here: Use AssistiveTouch on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Customize the AssistiveTouch menu

To change the order, number, and contents of the buttons in the menu:

1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch.

2. Tap Customize Top Level Menu, then tap an icon to reassign a different function to its position.

3. Use the + and - buttons to change the number of buttons that appear in the menu.

Use the Reset button to erase your changes and restore the default menu settings.

Use custom actions

To assign an AssistiveTouch function to a single-tap, double-tap, or long press of the button:

1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch.

2. Under the Custom Actions heading, choose Single-Tap, Double-Tap, or Long Press.

3. Choose an action from the list to assign to the gesture.

4. Use the AssistiveTouch button to go back to Settings.

You can adjust the amount of time the actions can perform a double-tap, or how long the button must be held for a long press.

Following some of these steps may address the issue you're facing.

Kind regards.

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