iPhone 11 Pro Does non-3D Touch devices have an equivalent for this?

[felixen]

I still use my X and want to upgrade this year but I do worry about losing 3D Touch. The feature I use the most is hard pressing the keyboard to get the cursor. I know there’s a feature to hold on the space bar (not as convenient but whatever), but what I really like is moving the cursor to a certain word and then pressing even harder on the screen to instantly highlight that word, and then while pressing I can drag across a longer portion of the sentence I want highlighted.

I use this very often. Is there an equivalent method for doing this in the newer devices or is it completely goodbye to that functionality?

 

[imp3rator]

1. Hold finger on word (or double tap) and then move small circle to highlight what you need
2. Move cursor by spacebar and then tap to left/right on keyboard - then you can moving cursor and highlight left or right (similar after hard press in 3D touch - but needs a second finger )

 

[felixen]

1. Hold finger on word (or double tap) and then move small circle to highlight what you need
2. Move cursor by spacebar and then tap to left/right on keyboard - then you can moving cursor and highlight left or right (similar after hard press in 3D touch - but needs a second finger )

There we go! Option 2 is just what I was hoping for. I thought this functionality would be lost but I see that works very similarly. Thanks dude ?

Edit: Hmmm, it does seem a bit buggy and unresponsive compared to 3D Touch though. But hopefully they’ll enhance that

 

[I7guy]

There we go! Option 2 is just what I was hoping for. I thought this functionality would be lost but I see that works very similarly. Thanks dude ?

Edit: Hmmm, it does seem a bit buggy and unresponsive compared to 3D Touch though. But hopefully they’ll enhance that

Long press (or haptic touch) pretty much stinks (imo), if you are a 3DT fanatic.

 

[C DM]

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/use-text-editing-gestures-iphone-ipad/ might be of some help as well.