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How to type a midpoint / middle dot / interpunct in iOS

How do you type a midpoint / middle dot / interpunct in iOS? It's · this · little · symbol.


I'd expect it to be somewhere in the extra characters in the keyboard (such as held-down alternative to • or even .) but I can't find it.


(On a slightly related issue, also how do you file a OS X or iOS bug? Because I wanted to use a midpoint, I create a Text autocorrect rule for two •• to be replaced by a · [two bullet points automatically get replaced by a midpoint]. However, this creates a really annoying bug with OS X where in password fields, which are obscured with • for each character, the autocorrection mechnism comes in and picks on up the bullets • being displayed and tries to replace kick in my custom rule, even though the character I'm typing have no bullets – e.g. imagine I type abcdefghi for my password, it still tries to replace it and stuffs up what's being typed.)

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.3, OS X bug also related

Posted on Nov 1, 2013 12:00 AM

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Posted on Mar 3, 2016 8:53 AM

To type a middle dot on Mac· press Shift+Option+9.


Some other shortcuts are here: http://www.nouilles.info/keyboard_shortcuts.html

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How to type a midpoint / middle dot / interpunct in iOS

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