getting an SE for my husband. i know that w/ iOS 11 there are no more arrow keys on the keyboard. i know it doesn't have 3D touch like my 6s so i am wondering if is there a trackpad mode, like on the ipad, where you use two fingers to move the cursor around?
iPhone 6s, iOS 10.3.3
Sorry, no; that's an iPad feature only. There are alternative keyboards in the app store, and some of them still have the arrow keys.
They didn't take it away, it has only been available on the iPhone 6s (which came after the iPhone SE) and later, i.e. you have to have 3D Touch.
Yes you can use the keyboard on an iPhone as a trackpad but as you already surmised that is an iPhone 6s or later feature as it requires 3D Touch.
im a little confused, why would a feature that doesn't require pressing the screen require 3D touch?what we need is to move the cursor - however it is accomplished.i understand that on my iphone 6s 3 D touch allows me to do that by applying pressure and sliding. the ipad does it by using two fingers and swiping - no pressure since it doesn't have 3D touch. seems that the SE doesn't have any ability to move the cursor other than using back space and erasing everything between where you stopped and where you want to get to for correction purposes.
Yep, far more features on the iPad, just moving the cursor on my iPhone.
Thanks for clarifying; I was thinking SE only. Note that it works differently on phones than on iPads.
thanks for the info. very curious why apple added it to earlier iOS versions then took it away <sigh>
“Why” questions are pretty much impossible to answer in this user-to-user forum. Apple works in mysterious ways 😉
iphone SE trackpad mode
