All Devices How do i place the cursor in the middle of a word?

[nafai23]

What happened? I cannot figure out how to do this now.

 

[digitalfx]

its a royal pain in the ass...Apple WTF?

 

[chris4565]

Just tested this myself. It works quite well for me. Either via the new direct cursor manipulation (just grab the cursor and move it (the magnifying glass has been removed so the finger occludes the word a bit edit: Once you move the cursor a bit up or down it moves above your finger)) or via my favorite old method: Just hold down the spacebar/3D touch anywhere on the keyboard and move the cursor via this trackpad mode.

 

[nafai23]

Thanks!

 

[Mike Boreham]

Just tested this myself. It works quite well for me. Either via the new direct cursor manipulation (just grab the cursor and move it (the magnifying glass has been removed so the finger occludes the word a bit)) or via my favorite old method: Just hold down the spacebar/3D touch anywhere on the keyboard and move the cursor via this trackpad mode.

Once you finger has grabbed the cursor you can slide it down so that the word is not hidden by your finger.

 

[tehreflex]

I'm not sure how it was changed on devices with 3D Touch but on my 11 Pro I tap and hold the space bar and then I can scroll the cursor around.

 

[chris4565]

Once you finger has grabbed the cursor you can slide it down so that the word is not hidden by your finger.

Oh yeah, you're right. Once I move the cursor a bit up or down it moves above my finger 👍

 

[jbachandouris]

Good to know. I always just re-type the whole word.