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iPadOS Tips and Tricks: Gestures, Home Screen Tweaks, Keyboard Options, and More

You can't select text by simply swiping over it! Why does MacRumors continue to repeat this erroneous information?

The following are the two correct methods that I know of:

  • Tap on the word that you wish to select, and then swiftly swipe your finger (horizontally or vertically) over the text. (You must lift your finger between tapping and swiping.)
  • Tap and hold on the word that you wish to select, and then, without lifting your finger, swipe your finger (horizontally or vertically) over the text.
 
A simple but annoying change ...opening up mail items now results in a narrow colum of text you have to negotiate to read. What’s wrong with a full page. Why isnt there an option?
 
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