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A hidden touch 3d feature
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Good spot, OP.
At first I thought you were wrong and that you could do this normally by just long tapping but you're right, it's different.
And very useful!
At first I thought you were wrong and that you could do this normally by just long tapping but you're right, it's different.
And very useful!
One more thing:
In safari you can also get the same behaviour with a double force touch instead that long tap + force touch.
First force touch: select the word
Second force touch: activate the drag rubberband
How do you figure? That's how it works. You have to press to enter "cursor" mode, or whatever their calling at and then you have to press again to start selecting. Otherwise you are just moving the insertion point around.You don't actually need to five touch to select the first word. Otherwise, spot in
It's not really "double force touch" as in having to do it in rapid succession. You can press once and them move your finger around as long as you want and then press again to start selecting.
Great find! Makes selecting text a lot easier.
I found this article with a video that details an easier way to select text that you're writing that in essence turns your entire keyboard into a trackpad.....makes selecting text a LOT easier. Basically, just press firmly on the keyboard for force touch, select your position, then press harder to select. No more small magnifying glass to select text! Definitely see myself using this daily. Especially on the 6+ I no longer need to change hand position to select text at top of screen, for instance.
https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nati...eature-makes-copypaste-so-much-easier?share=c
I found this article with a video that details an easier way to select text that you're writing that in essence turns your entire keyboard into a trackpad.....makes selecting text a LOT easier. Basically, just press firmly on the keyboard for force touch, select your position, then press harder to select. No more small magnifying glass to select text! Definitely see myself using this daily. Especially on the 6+ I no longer need to change hand position to select text at top of screen, for instance.
https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nati...eature-makes-copypaste-so-much-easier?share=c
To select a word in a box of text all you need to do is rest your finger on it. I can successfully do this on devices that don't support 3D Touch at all. This is referring only to a non editable body of text. If you're editing text (such as something you've typed up) it doesn't apply. But go ahead and attempt to hold your finger
Over a word in this paragraph you're reading. It will hi light the word.
Ok I made a couple videos to show the difference. The first is my friend trying to select text on her iPhone 6. The next is me selecting the same text on my iPhone 6S using the 3D Touch tip the OP pointed out.
This is on an iPad Air 2. I think I'm just touching the right side cursor and dragging it to select other text. Nothing special there. I do see what your talking about. Just select the word and you don't even have to worry about grabbing the right side of cursor with 3d touch.
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That's the way it's always worked. We're talking here about 3D Touch
And I can do that on my iPad Air. This has nothing to do with 3D touch.
UPDATED. Ok, now I see what you are talking about. It does actually help a bit in selecting non-editable text. I can do the same however by just lifting my finger and touching again. The real beauty of 3D Touch is selecting text while editing it with the keyboard.
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I think everybody is a bit confused. We're talking about selecting text when you are editing it with the keyboard showing. You press on the keyboard and then move the cursor over the word you want to select and then press again and then move the cursor to the end of what you want to select. You do all of this without lifting your finger. There are some little enhancements to selecting non editable text, but this is real killer feature to me.
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And I don't think this has anything to do with 3D Touch. I still think it's an iOS thing. Placebo effect with the 3D Touch in this instance. I've played around with both 6 and 6s. Same thing happens
Actually it is a bit different. If you just touch a word and let up then you have a word selected and you then grab one of the "handles" and drag to select. With 3D Touch, you can touch to select and then leave your finger there and then press which selects the word and start dragging to select what you want, all without lifting your finger.
It's not. There is a difference. On my iPad Air 2 I press once I select a word. If I immediately move my finger it moves the selection from one word to the next. I have to lift my finger off the screen then touch again to get the handles to allow multiple word selection. On the 6s I press once to select the word, I can then press slightly harder to get the handles without leaving the screen, and with more consistency because I don't have to tap the same spot again after lifting my finger. It's definitely Force Touch related.
Good find OP!
This isn't it. This video shows the old way (which never really worked that great for me). The way it works now (which may or may not need force touch), you don't have to try to grab and drag the little dot. You just move your finger after selecting the word and then force touching (after lightening the press a little) and the selection automatically moves with you.
This is the key to making it work. Nice find; very useful.
In glad you've seen the light! I think you were trying to find this Way morenkifenchsnginf than irbid lol . It's just slightly better. But I don't mind that. I fm rather like the simple ways 3D Touch has made things better. I wasn't expecting to even care about 3D Touch. My favorite new festure is app switcher activated by multitouch. I so wish we got spit screen on our phones. I might consider jaikbreaking again after over three years of not bothering (though I'll probably justifier about it).