How to scroll back to re-read text while replying

Thank you. The 3 row spaces works for me. I delete them after I finish my text. I’ll do this until I find a permanent solution.

Hello GAOldLady,

Let's check multiple Messages conversations to see if this happens with all conversations, or only a specific one. That will help us to isolate this further to a conversation specific or app wide conflict.

Additionally, do you use other messaging apps? If so, does this occur with other app when attempting to reply to a message?

Let us know, and we'll keep moving forward based on those details.

The only thing that works for me is composing everything that I remember and then I “select all” and I “cut”. (If you’d feel better, you can paste it in a note just in case something happens). Anyways, then you’re able to scroll back and see the previous text, and then you can go back into your reply, paste, and then continue typing.

Right? I’ve done that — and it’s so annoying.

At times, I can reply on my iPad, while referencing the text to which I’m replying on my iPhone.

But we all know the iPad won’t allow us to reply to anyone without an iPhone. Yay. Ahem.

Help?

It does thank you for answering. That's been my work around but it's getting annoying right! Esp when update usually implies new & improved tools, not annihilating tools every single person uses. Head scratcher 😫🫤

This works, and thank you for the suggestion.

It is still INSANE that a $1300 phone in 2024 does not come with scrolling-capable software, since, you know, we've had scrolling figured out since the 1980's. Again, Apple is lucky that its image capturing hardware/software is so strong, or I would have run back to Google Pixel a long time ago.

If Apple spent half as much time on its software as it does on its hardware, it would be unstoppable. Instead, it keeps adding columns to a legacy settings menu first programmed in the 90's. Why? My God, why? The settings menu isn't even alphabetized, for Pete's sake. Everything about IOS's backend is a giant middle finger from Apple programmers to its end users, probably because Apple employes nothing but top talent that considers itself too important to ever do any housekeeping tasks. Well guess what? HOUSEKEEPING IS IMPORTANT! Please fix this, Apple.

Thanks!

I will answer. The keyboard is not hidden, and everything is up to date, including the newest iOS update which just rolled out.

Restarting the phone (about 5 times) doesn’t help. This was a problem for a long time. before the new rollout. The text message can be moved up slightly , but it bounces back into place. I created a screen recording to show the problem, but evidently I can’t post it here. If there is a way to do that, let me know.

I know…. I want my iPhone 10 back! 😀

or at least the 12 mini.

Thanks that actually worked. Better than nothing!