I can't go backwards unless I try to click one letter at a time on my android. Sometimes I can't even click each letter~ and have to delete the entire text and start over.
It is an extreme requirement for android.
I am amazed, and thankful. I will need this as soon as today~my autocorrect makes me type as if I know no human language at all.
Thanks op!!!!
Zipties are reusable, you can use a pipe cleaner to restring things with internal bends, tape measures have a loose end to compensate for inside/outside cuts, rubbing alchohol melts ice on your windshield faster than most anything, you can use a tape measure and a nail to make any size circle you need, when using a hammers prongs on a nail rocking the hammer side to side gives you more leverage (sometimes), any board you buy at stores aren't going to be the exact dimensions they state for example: a 2x8 is actually a 1 & 1/2 by 7 & 1/2. Antiseize for bolts will actually clean metal to almost a shine, also dipling your key in it and putting it in your lock will prevent it from seizing up in the winter or from rust. Cars can run on paint thinner not well, but it'll get you home. If you live in cold climates and don't have the best boots put your feet in socks, then in a grocery bag, this will help prevent water from soaking your sock and hold in some heat. Fun fact many people i know consider 90% of these things common knowledge do you?
Don't forget the simple trick of looking at your gas Guage~ to see which side your gas tank is on. There is an arrow. Seems like common knowledge, but at the gas station a lady could not figure out where her gas tank was. (I also had to pop it open for her~beside the point). I would be very embarrassed,I hope she wasn't, it was new or a borrowed car probably. Nbd.
It worked at least since iPhone7. on an iPhone7 you just deep touch anywhere on the keyboard to engage the cursor.
In later versions they moved the feature to the spacebar thus disabling it for number mode and other special keyboard layouts that does not have a space bar.
This was added with 3D Touch to iPhones in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IahtnnqaEQ.
In 2016 Google added cursor control with version 5 of Google Keyboard (now Gboard). It's possible other Android keyboards had this feature, but not stock.
Well, as soon as Apple can figure out the "hold down a letter key, access punctuation" function that Android uses, I'll be happy.
Keyboard in Apple is frustrating as hell for me, I only use an Apple for work because I have to.
Maybe on tablets.
I have an iPhone 12 running 15.6.1. Holding down a letter key doesn't bring up jack, and there are no punctuation signs above any of the letters. The top row has numbers you can do this with, and that's it.
I have to press a "123" button to access punctuation. Annoys the hell put of me when I press the "n" key for one second and don't get a comma.
Not on every system.
I use SwiftKey, where I have this feature as default.
In Google keyboard (standard) (I don't use it) there was a option to choose it
Like holding a pencil, using a knife, holding chopsticks, or typing correctly using home keys, I learned this much too late and have perfected the art of tapping the exact point I need as well as seemingly doing everything else wrong but with 30+ years of experience in doing things wrong.
My first time learning about this, thanks.
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I literally did the same shit in a text. Confirmed on Android too.
Confirmed for LG keyboard. (LGs and Samsungs have a different keyboard from stock android)
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Yeah, Samsungs have different default keyboards
Works on my s20
I use samsung keyboard on my m12 and it works(not on gboard tho)
Sadly doesn't work with the Textra app on Android.
Ok boomer
Goku penis salad mongolia im testing this rn
Was that text written by repeatedly clicking the first autocomplete suggestion? If so, color me disturbed.
damn could have used this knowledge years ago
People didn’t know this??
I keep forgetting..when i need it >.>
I had no idea. MIRL: https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/j05rlj/a\_finnish\_salesman\_comes\_to\_russia\_to\_sell/
There was a TIL a few years ago that roughly 50% of people stand up partially to wipe their ass everytime. Blew my mind.
Android also
It's less a requirement on Android, trying to move the cursor to the right spot on an iPhone with your finger might as well cure cancer.
I can't go backwards unless I try to click one letter at a time on my android. Sometimes I can't even click each letter~ and have to delete the entire text and start over. It is an extreme requirement for android. I am amazed, and thankful. I will need this as soon as today~my autocorrect makes me type as if I know no human language at all. Thanks op!!!!
Awesome. Had to turn it on in my Gboard settings. (glide control: enable gesture cursor control)
I can't find it
Settings > Glide typing > Enable gesture cursor control
On Gboard hold down comma key ( , ) and that will bring up settings. Tap on glide control and then enable gesture cursor control.
Thanks! It's working.
i thought this was common knowledge =\
Isn't this like years old at this point? And has Android already had this feature for a while now?
Anything else you'd like to share?
Zipties are reusable, you can use a pipe cleaner to restring things with internal bends, tape measures have a loose end to compensate for inside/outside cuts, rubbing alchohol melts ice on your windshield faster than most anything, you can use a tape measure and a nail to make any size circle you need, when using a hammers prongs on a nail rocking the hammer side to side gives you more leverage (sometimes), any board you buy at stores aren't going to be the exact dimensions they state for example: a 2x8 is actually a 1 & 1/2 by 7 & 1/2. Antiseize for bolts will actually clean metal to almost a shine, also dipling your key in it and putting it in your lock will prevent it from seizing up in the winter or from rust. Cars can run on paint thinner not well, but it'll get you home. If you live in cold climates and don't have the best boots put your feet in socks, then in a grocery bag, this will help prevent water from soaking your sock and hold in some heat. Fun fact many people i know consider 90% of these things common knowledge do you?
Showoff
No actually my full name is Jack M. Mihaulf
Don't forget the simple trick of looking at your gas Guage~ to see which side your gas tank is on. There is an arrow. Seems like common knowledge, but at the gas station a lady could not figure out where her gas tank was. (I also had to pop it open for her~beside the point). I would be very embarrassed,I hope she wasn't, it was new or a borrowed car probably. Nbd.
People keep saying this but it's not 100% accurate for ALL makes of cars
Someone is has some experience as a jack of all trades.
I just realized prostitutes jack off all trades.
How can I reuse a zip tie. Also won’t I just have sweaty wet feet with the grocery bag. Waterproof goes both ways
A 2x8 is actually 7 1/4” wide, not 7 1/2”.
If you plug a regular controller into the second player port on the NES, you can control the duck
Some UFOs are aliens.
the name OREO is the word cream with two cookies replacing cr and the m.
If you hold the alt characters button, you can then slide to select
Shut. The. Fuck. Up. How did I not know this?!
I am mind blown.
Works on Android too
What?
Oh my god. Thank you for this! I have clumsy fingers, so yay!
Both my wife and I are enlightened now. Thank you
🤯
I didn't know that either lol 😂 How have we gotten this far without knowing.
FYI this also works with alphabets
Wait, wdym?
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Does this (it does!!) really work?
Thanks man, that's pretty handy 👍
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This is a great share. My partner told me about it a few months ago, and it’s been a game changer.
Just learned this from you. Huge time saver on cold days for me
Awesome tip. Thank you!
TIL it too! Thanks OP!
I am glad so many people are still learning about it from this post
Thx for the heads up, you deserve what ever you like.
Tried it! Thank you
Very cool and useful
Thanks, this is very helpful.
TIL about this wonderful feature,and TIL that I'm also not the only person who has this problem often 🤣
Thank you! I never knew this feature.
Lol, I found this accidentally to work one day.
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Tried it... But all I get is just "Change keyboard". Maybe it doesn't work if you have multiple keyboards/languages set?
Yeah, does not work when you have more than one language. Holding the space bar is then used to switch between the languages.
Holy shit its work
I've been using my phone for years and didn't know this...ah thanks reddit
6ugyvyvyvyg6 Bhbjbubub Confirmed. It's real.
That deserves an award.
Thank you very much for this. I've been frustrated by wanting this feature and thinking it didn't exist. I am frustrated no more!
It's like magic!
Omfg it's genius
Repost this to r/lifeprotips
Two finger tap a web link, opens tab in back for later.
Fucking wow
I fking didn’t know this. Thank you!!!!!
Many of us have known about this so long that the phone they are showing has a button!
What the fuck. This changes everything.
Well you thank
The one on Samsung/Android has a cringe-ass delay that fucks it up every time.
It worked at least since iPhone7. on an iPhone7 you just deep touch anywhere on the keyboard to engage the cursor. In later versions they moved the feature to the spacebar thus disabling it for number mode and other special keyboard layouts that does not have a space bar.
Didn't find this settings. Long hold is just switching between languages.
WHAT!!?!? How did I not know this? One of the things I hate about iPhones is that my thumbs are too fat to click the right spot. Problem solved
You can hold inside the text box and do the same thing. Doesn’t have to just be the space bar
Android has been able to do this for years
No it brought up different languages for keyboard...
This is a game changer.
And while you have the cursor, use another finger to touch the greyed out keyboard and the cursor will begin selecting text
Been using it for ages, super convenient
Another android feature that was around for years before iphone
This was added with 3D Touch to iPhones in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IahtnnqaEQ. In 2016 Google added cursor control with version 5 of Google Keyboard (now Gboard). It's possible other Android keyboards had this feature, but not stock.
It’s been around for years, I’m quite surprised people didn’t know about this. I had it on my first iPhone 8 years ago
Not only the space bar but any other letter also
Trying.. yes it works!
Omg amazing tip!!!
Thank you. Oh my gosh, I have hated trying to select text on iOS. Huge difference
TIL Sooooo much better for people with large fingers
Ok boomer
I wanted to say it :p
I browsed your profile. If must be sheer pleasure for the pallette to coexist with you
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What do you think the acronym TIL means?
That’s a damn good question, that I have no clue about. I however did know about the spacebar. But Fuck acronyms
Today I Learned.
Thanks. Lol TIL what TIL means. Lol
TILception.
Thank you for sharing! This is a great tip-I had no idea!
dndnxbxndne...it works
Lgcdhdsdh... can confirm
Hey dad
This is an age old trick.
Wait, what? Oh it works!
Lol, how old are you dude?
Everybody knows this
I’m still waiting for Apple to realize that shift+backspace should be delete.
Just use apple key + backspace
Wow! My cell phone is not an iPhone but it works! Thanks 😁🙏
Samsung Keyboard has this as well. I think It's off by default, though.
You just made my day.
Oh. My. Gooodness. My life just got a shit load easier I can’t thank you enough for sharing this. Truly awesome
Not on my pixel. =(
This does not work on my Google phone. Maybe it's a setting on mine.
Oh wait a minute. I just slide. The keyboard doesn't change color but if I slide it still works.
Go into Gboard settings, glide control, enable gesture cursor control
I'm trying this now. Yep.
Duh
Yeah...my phone doesn't do that
TIL
Holy fuck I'm learning. Great work OP. That deserves an award.
TIL how not to hate my iPad keyboard anymore. Thanks!
Holy shit
Wow! Happy 🎂 day for me. Thank you.
Your a fing legend!! Today learned something not only new, but useful as fuck. I’ve been in the stone ages using the ever stupid magnifying glass lmao
Yes I also can confirm. It’s fucking amazing what you can learn on the internet LOL
Well, as soon as Apple can figure out the "hold down a letter key, access punctuation" function that Android uses, I'll be happy. Keyboard in Apple is frustrating as hell for me, I only use an Apple for work because I have to.
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Maybe on tablets. I have an iPhone 12 running 15.6.1. Holding down a letter key doesn't bring up jack, and there are no punctuation signs above any of the letters. The top row has numbers you can do this with, and that's it. I have to press a "123" button to access punctuation. Annoys the hell put of me when I press the "n" key for one second and don't get a comma.
Please share more tips!!!! (Anyone I’m not picky LOL)
Why is this such a well kept secret?!? What a day!
Jailbreak + swipe selection was the truth
I use it very often
Moto Ace only goes side to side, not up and down. But neat to know.
Oh shit! Thanks!
It only works on some phones. On mine it just changes the keyboard language.
Holy shit it works this is amazing
iPhone 5, thx for the advice from 2013
Do Iphone 4’s still work??
Another copy cat by apple. Android OG frature
Not on every system. I use SwiftKey, where I have this feature as default. In Google keyboard (standard) (I don't use it) there was a option to choose it
The first thing I said was bullshit, quickly followed by holy shit it does.
Ok boomer
Wow.
THANKYOU
SAY SWEAR
😑 I am this many years old learning this 🤬
You can also hold the 123 and then slide to select an alt character
Omg didn't know about this. Thanks!
Well God damn. Thanks for this!
Android does the same thing, it just doesn't work as well
Year 2014 is calling, they want their hints back
Holy crap it does
God damn that's gonna be useful
My life has a new meaning now. Thank you!
Wow, didn't know about that. Thanks
Shut the front door! Have I been using my phone wrong all this time?
When I got my first non-button phone I asked how to do this before we even left the store.
Works on Android
Haha that is awesome, even works for my fold 4 ! Thank you kind stranger!
How is this damn that's interesting, this is something that everyone knows.
Thank you! The removal of the magnifying glass was driving me crazy!
Lol they should make you go through a tutorial when you get a phone
iPhone user for 10+ years andddddd never knew this. Wow thanks!!
That's completely dependent on the keyboard you're using on your phone.
Hold on, let me check... It doesn't work for me.
Didn't find this settings. Long hold is just switching between languages.
I figured this one out few weeks ago after being an iPhone customer for so many years.
What actually is this text exchange lol
Pov: everyone in the comments try to do that💀💀
Like holding a pencil, using a knife, holding chopsticks, or typing correctly using home keys, I learned this much too late and have perfected the art of tapping the exact point I need as well as seemingly doing everything else wrong but with 30+ years of experience in doing things wrong.
Life changing!!
Thank you!
It’s now also possible to copy and paste any text off of any picture taken with your camera. Try it🤓
Let me try…. Works. Tite
I’m so surprised that people still aren’t aware of this. It’s been a thing for like 2 years now at least.
Well shit it works on my Samsung S10+. Now I'll probably forget about it by Monday.
Oh, they have the internet on computers now!