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Level 1

8 points

arrows on ipad keypad please!

Can you put some forward and backward arrows on the ipad keypad. When typing a long email it is very counterproductive to have to stop and touch the screen in the exact right place to change a word. And sometimes its necessary to enlarge the fonts to get the magnifier in the right place. A simple set of 2 arrows would be brill, add up and down and it would be even better!. Where can I register this as a wanted enhancement?

ipad, Other OS

Posted on Dec 12, 2010 9:20 AM

24 replies

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,707 points

Jan 3, 2011 1:52 PM in response to tmartine

My brother had a Triumph TR-4 that had a starting crank! Granted, it was as useless as things on a bull but it was there.

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,707 points

Jan 3, 2011 1:58 PM in response to Martin_UK

Actually, the arrow keys do work much better than the finger but there's just no room for them on the virtual keyboard.

Martin_UK

Level 2

150 points

Jan 3, 2011 2:02 PM in response to Philly_Phan

Each to their own I guess!

Martin_UK

Level 2

150 points

Jan 3, 2011 2:13 PM in response to Philly_Phan

Obviously a user preference thing, FWIW I find tapping between between the letter I want to change and the one to the right, pressing the backspace and typing the new letter just as painless as I do using the trackpad on my MacBook Pro to achieve the same result.

Oct 19, 2011 5:21 AM in response to Adam Berkey

The PlainText app features the most elegant solution to this problem that I've seen so far. Tapping on the left or right margin on the same line where the cursor is will move the cursor one character at a time. Without having to add arrow keys. Brilliant. I think it should be made standard behavior system-wide.