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Have you accidentally highlighted and deleted a word when trying to place the cursor?

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TH55

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This happens to me quite a bit....I am trying to place the cursor in between words in a sentence and it highlights the word that I am trying to place the cursor in front of in pink and then deletes it. It's annoying
 
TH55 said:
This happens to me quite a bit....I am trying to place the cursor in between words in a sentence and it highlights the word that I am trying to place the cursor in front of in pink and then deletes it. It's annoying
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I know what your talking about! Happens to me ALOT.
 
Annoying, yes.

Doesn't happen as often for me nowadays though. Depends on what I'm typing, if I'm creating new words or not.
 
A single word?

No, I usually delete a whole paragraph by accident.

Don't ask me how, but it happens about once a day. Not a huge deal to me, though. Shake-to-undo is my personal savior.
 
I don't understand this issue? Could you give an example?

I just hold my finger down which brings up the magnifying glass, move it into place and release. Never fails to work.
 
terraphantm said:
Every day. Really annoying. I don't remember it being as big of a problem before iOS 5
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Same here... It has only started happening to me recently, and it's quite annoying. I don't recall it ever doing that before, and I certainly haven't changed my typing habits in the past year, so I'm thinking it's something new in iOS 5.

Since it seems to be completely random and I only do it on accident, I honestly have no idea what that "feature" is even supposed to be doing.
 
jabingla2810 said:
I don't understand this issue? Could you give an example?

I just hold my finger down which brings up the magnifying glass, move it into place and release. Never fails to work.
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If I write a word that the iPhone isn't familiar with, it gets underlined with red. Bringing up the magnifying glass, moving it into place and releasing it can sometimes make the entire word selected, and pop up a suggestion about the "correct" form of the word.

Because of this, starting to type deletes the entire word since it became selected even though I dropped the cursor in the correct place.

Very annoying since the suggestions are usually worthless, the behavior inconsistent and the dictionary seriously flawed for my language.
 
itickings said:
If I write a word that the iPhone isn't familiar with, it gets underlined with red. Bringing up the magnifying glass, moving it into place and releasing it can sometimes make the entire word selected, and pop up a suggestion about the "correct" form of the word.

Because of this, starting to type deletes the entire word since it became selected even though I dropped the cursor in the correct place.

Very annoying since the suggestions are usually worthless, the behavior inconsistent and the dictionary seriously flawed for my language.
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Ah right, I get it now.

It's never happened to me, but I get what you mean.
 
Is there a tweak for a keyboard with undo?
 
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TH55 said:
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As for this thread, yes, almost every time I try posting a tag on Twitter.
 
Sorry, I didn't realize bumping was forbidden. Why is that? Kind of silly and unfair, what if you happened to post when the board traffic was very low and/or no one happened to see your post?

And to answer, no I don't have Parkinson's. It happened when making normal smooth arm/hand movement. I've read other people who have experienced this additionally
 
TH55 said:
And to answer, no I don't have Parkinson's. It happened when making normal smooth arm/hand movement. I've read other people who have experienced this additionally
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So you are moving your arms while you type? :confused:
I usually don't do jumping jacks and/or cartwheels while typing a message. To each his own I guess. /sarcasm

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TH55 said:
Sorry, I didn't realize bumping was forbidden. Why is that? Kind of silly and unfair, what if you happened to post when the board traffic was very low and/or no one happened to see your post?
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I have gotten violations for this. I agree, it is silly. Just disguise your bump with a sentence from now on. That's what I do. I mean... never do... :cool:
 
No if I am texting someone while waiting for their response I am not holding my phone still watching. As long as the cursor is in place it can be activated.
 
itickings said:
If I write a word that the iPhone isn't familiar with, it gets underlined with red. Bringing up the magnifying glass, moving it into place and releasing it can sometimes make the entire word selected, and pop up a suggestion about the "correct" form of the word.

Because of this, starting to type deletes the entire word since it became selected even though I dropped the cursor in the correct place.

Very annoying since the suggestions are usually worthless, the behavior inconsistent and the dictionary seriously flawed for my language.
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What is the point of the suggestions?
 
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