Have you ever found a mistake in the middle of a sentence in a message, note or long text on your iPhone, then you try to move the cursor exactly to that place, and it keeps going a little left or right? Instead of precise scrolling, the whole word is often highlighted, the screen does not react as expected and the user repeatedly touches the same place in vain.
The problem is not in the fingers, nor in the fact that the screen does not work well. The iPhone has had a hidden feature for years that instantly turns the keyboard into a virtual trackpad, but many users have never used it.
When the keyboard appears on the screen, it is enough for the user to press and hold the Space key. After a short moment, the letters on the keyboard disappear, and the entire surface of the keyboard turns into a virtual touchpad. Then the finger does not lift from the screen, but moves slightly on the keyboard, while the cursor moves precisely through the text.
The iPhone touchpad makes it easy to move the cursor
When the cursor reaches exactly the place that needs to be changed, the finger is released and the user can immediately continue deleting, writing or correcting the text. Instead of several failed attempts to press the screen, the cursor position can be set almost the first time.
This feature works in almost all keyboard situations. It can help with writing messages, editing documents, typing social media posts, working in the Notes app, writing emails, or correcting long text in any text input app.
For users who often type on the phone, this option can seriously speed up work. It is especially useful when you need to change only one letter, punctuation mark or part of a sentence, without unnecessary marking of the text and repositioning of the cursor, writes XDA.
So the next time your iPhone refuses to place the cursor precisely where you want it, you don’t need to press the screen again and again. It is enough to hold the Space key and the keyboard turns into a touchpad, which is one of those small and practical iOS functions that many people only discover after many years of use.