Streamlining Typing on iPhone: Master the Hidden Keyboard Feature
iPhone's covert keyboard characteristic streamlines typing experience - Enhanced iPhone Keyboard Function: Streamlining Typing Experience
Author: Malte MansholtReading Time: 2 minutes
Typing lengthy messages and composing emails on smartphones has become a common practice due to the convenience of our handheld devices. However, when the need arises for text manipulation—such as inserting text at specific points or copying sections—the experience can be frustrating, especially on an iPhone's small screen. Fortunately, the iPhone keyboard offers an expedient solution.
Introduced in iOS 13, navigating the cursor has become remarkably easier. Previously, selecting the precise spot in the text through thick fingers could be disheartening, but you can now effortlessly maneuver the cursor around the screen merely by holding down the space bar. This functionality was originally exclusive to iPhones equipped with 3D Touch to distinguish between firm and light pressure.
Seamless Text Selection
Selecting text on an iPhone has come a long way from its early days. Double-tapping on a word highlights just that word itself, while a triple-tap marks the entire paragraph. Manipulating the tedious selection symbols, denoted by small circles at the text's edges, for copying or cutting a sentence or a word sequence from a longer text can be cumbersome.
However, with our convenience-oriented method, you can make text selection effortless. Hold down the space bar until the letter keys on the keyboard appear gray, signaling that you can now move the cursor to the desired text's starting point. Place it and keep holding down the space bar. Instead of tapping anywhere within the grayed-out keyboard area with a second finger, move the finger that's on the space bar, and the iPhone will initiate text selection from the cursor. Release when the desired text is selected.
If the text is highlighted in color, simply tap it once to access additional options like copy, paste, or formatting settings.
A valuable tip: Ensure the cursor is placed directly at a letter when beginning the selection and not with a space. Otherwise, the preceding part of the sentence will be selected.
While the original text pertained specifically to iOS 13, it's important to note that iOS has continually evolved to deliver enhanced text selection and cursor movement functions. More recent updates introduced gestures like long-pressing on the keyboard to transform it into a trackpad, providing a smoother text selection and cursor movement experience. The addition of accessibility features in these updates also greatly improved interaction with the keyboard.
Want more fine-grained details about features in iOS 13? Delve into Apple's official documentation or the release notes from that time for precise information.
Other types of technology, including electrical and electronic equipment like gadgets and smartphones, have revolutionized the way we communicate and manage text on the go. In addition to the streamlined typing feature on iPhone keyboards mentioned in this article, other advancements such as long-pressing on the keyboard to transform it into a trackpad cater to users demanding greater ease and precision in text selection and cursor movement.
