Can't drag the cursor up in text messages on new iphone 15 Pro iOS 17

I switched from my iphone 13 pro with iOS 17 (no problems with the upgrade) and now I've lost a bunch of features. This post is about typing a long enough text message so the beginning is hidden at the top. I can scroll to read the whole thing but I can't edit at the beginning. I push/hold on the message (or spacebar) and drag to the cursor to where I want it. I let go and it pops back down to a different part of the message. I don't need it often but it's something that Apple should be aware of if it's happening to others.

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Oct 3, 2023 10:51 AM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2023 2:13 PM

I just wrote a long text and nearly cried. When I scroll to a place to edit the whole thing suddenly flips to another place. Trying to control the cursor is useless. If I put the cursor somewhere it immediately pops back to the last place it was — or some totally random place. I could scream. The caps key goes off before I even have a chance to type. It’s basically doing the same thing as the cursor. Totally uncontrollable. And this back arrow editing thing is insane. Almost everything it suggests is not a real word so just trying not to touch it. I’m so regretting iOS 17.

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Dec 31, 2023 1:51 PM in response to KateT1208

I am having the same issue with the curser not staying at the top of a long message. I have long reports at work that I have to copy and paste then go back and change values daily. I have had to go back to using an old iPhone 6 to send my daily reports at work instead of my new phone because of this. I don’t have time to retype all the data every day. I hope the get this fixed soon.

Jan 1, 2024 7:11 AM in response to KateT1208

Here it is January 1st 2024 and I am researching how to fix this very annoying issue so many months later. I understand it’s not an absolutely immediate problem. But I am a talker with ADHD. I have to go back and edit almost all of my messages, so this makes it a daily issue for me. It’s another one of the many small functional issues iOS has that makes me miss android.

Jan 3, 2024 8:59 AM in response to KateT1208

The easiest way to deal with the cursor not moving up to the top of the screen is to tap on the text at the bottom of the screen until you get a large chunk of text to light up blue. Cut the blue highlighted text. You will now have enough room on the screen to move the cursor up to the top for editing. Once done editing, paste the deleted text back to the bottom of your message. Works for me.

Jan 10, 2024 11:27 PM in response to KateT1208

Yeah, it’s absolutely ridiculous, this is ever since the last update that I didn’t even want because every time I get an update something on my phone is messed up and it’s more difficult to use, I’ve never benefited from an update. I did get a free U2 song once, which would just play randomly out of my phone and embarrassed me that I would listen to music that bad.

So yes, I don’t know the name of the update, my phone wasn’t plugged in on purpose because I didn’t want it to update and I looked down it was updating and now when I make a text, I cannot move the cursor back up so I can correct a text message and it’s incredibly frustrating, INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. How is this a helpful feature? I can’t stand it it’s so annoying please fix this, you guys screwed it up in the first place. Please fix it and put it back to the way it used to be..

Nov 1, 2023 5:33 AM in response to MaxGabriel1219

I updated my phone to iOS 17.1 yesterday (10/31/2023). It seems to have resolved both the drag and drop cursor issue and my stickers feature disappearing (different discussion). The Stickers would stop about a day after getting them to work again so I'm hoping they're good now. I was able to drag my cursor around in a long text as a test and that was just like it used to be (yay!), however, I haven't had to do that so it may have been fixed before 17.1. I hope the update works for all of you!

Can't drag the cursor up in text messages on new iphone 15 Pro iOS 17

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