Space bar cursor

Am I the only one who didn’t know that when typing on the onscreen keyboard on iPhone or iPad, a left swipe on the space bar brings up on on screen cursor?

Conversation 4 comments

  • Paul Thurrott

    Premium Member
    28 December, 2019 - 12:06 pm

    <p>:) Well, it is a hidden feature. And I think it was new to a relatively recent iOS release. Maybe iOS 11 or 12?</p>

    • Bill Leigh

      Premium Member
      29 December, 2019 - 3:59 am

      <blockquote><a href="#507109"><em>In reply to paul-thurrott:</em></a><em>judging by the number of comments it would appear that I am 🙂 there was me all excited. </em></blockquote><p><br></p>

  • angusmatheson

    29 December, 2019 - 12:10 pm

    <p>That is cool. For me it is kinda a press on space bar and a little drag to the left. And interestingly the curses only works in the text part of the window. It certainly should win an award for problems for no -discoverable. However nothing beats windows 8 – when you opened an app and there was no clear way to get out of it. And not just a funny curser was hard to discover but how to get all charms – which controlled everything – was a giant game of chance.</p>

  • ErichK

    Premium Member
    29 December, 2019 - 1:03 pm

    <p>Good to know — I'm going to have to try that on my iPad.</p>

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