iOS Cursor Trackpad Mode - Change Your Life
December 13, 2018
MacStories via John Gruber:
trackpad mode can be activated in a much easier way in iOS 12: just tap & hold on the space bar until the keyboard becomes a trackpad
This will change your life
On your iPhone and iPad, when you have the on-screen keyboard open and you are entering text, and you want to move around, usually to go back and fix a typo…
- Put your finger on the space bar and hold
- You will see the keyboard dim
- Your finger now controls a trackpad
- Move your finger around the keyboard and the cursor position on the screen follows
- Release your finger, and you are back in keyboard mode with your cursor where you left it, ready to fix that typo
Update Sept 2019: For iPhone 11 and other newer devices without 3D Touch the process has changed a bit → Hold down the on-screen keyboard spacebar