Cut and Copy buttons missing after text selection

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Cut and Copy buttons missing after text selection

In iOS 9 the new two-finger selection feature should enable the Cut and Copy buttons in the Shortcut bar when text has been selected (in addition to the always enabled Paste button). On my iPad this is not happening; before and after I select some text, only the "undo" and "redo" buttons are shown.

This feature still does not work in iOS 9.2!

I might add that the Cut and Copy buttons DO show if I select text by tapping and dragging the blue handlers, like in previous iOS versions.

iPad (4th gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM), iOS 9

Posted on Jan 16, 2016 3:35 PM

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Answer 1

julaften Author

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Jan 17, 2016 1:28 AM in response to sberman

Sorry, but that link is not relevant. This is not a case of accessibility and voiceover.

This link is the relevant one: http://help.apple.com/ipad/9/#/iPad997d97a2

Quote: "Turn your keyboard into a trackpad. Touch and hold the keyboard with two fingers until it turns light gray. Drag around the keyboard to position the insertion point. Lift, then touch and hold with two fingers to reveal the drag points. Move your fingers to select text. Tap with two fingers to select a word."

The "Tap with two finger to select a word" gesture brings up the Cut and Copy buttons on the virtual keyboard.

The "Move your fingers to select text" gesture DOES NOT bring up these buttons.

I have tested this on multiple iPads, including the brand new iPad Pro, and the bug exists on all iPads running iOS 9.x

To make matters even worse, the Cut and Copy buttons DO show up if I rotate the iPad from e.g. portrait mode to landscape mode (after having selected some text).

This is obviously a bug that has existed since the release of iOS 9. Apple should fix it before the release of iOS 9.3.

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Answer 2

Jan 31, 2017 9:53 AM in response to julaften

This is still an issue in 10.3 but the work around of rotating the screen does not work. Its a great feature for selecting a chunk of text so long as you don't want to copy, cut or highlight without an additional finger press on the selection handle to get the full menu of options to appear.

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Answer 3

sberman

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Jan 16, 2016 4:29 PM in response to julaften

See "Select text" and "Cut, copy or paste" here:

http://help.apple.com/ipad/9/#/iPad9a247033

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