you iPhone And iPad filled with many Nifty hidden featuresWith iOS 16 it is enabled Connect your Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controller And You can easily view and share all saved Wi-Fi passwords in your settings.
However, interesting hidden features have always existed in iOS, and even if you’re running an older software version like iOS 15, there’s always something new to discover — like the hidden trackpad on your iPhone keyboard.
When editing text, you probably put your finger on the screen and move the cursor around all the letters, numbers, and punctuation marks to get where you want. The magnifying glass bubble helps somewhat by magnifying the text under your finger, but there’s another way to move the cursor.
How to Find Your iPhone’s Hidden Trackpad
When the hidden trackpad is enabled, your keyboard looks like this
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How to Bring a Hidden Trackpad to Your iPhone or iPad
How to find the hidden trackpad on your iOS device.
1. Wherever you type text, bring your keyboard and Press and hold your finger on the spacebar until the keyboard is blank. You should feel the haptic feedback and the cursor should enlarge for a second, which means you can now use the keyboard as a trackpad.
2. Hold your finger down and slide across the keyboard to move the cursor, just like you do with a Mac’s trackpad.
3. To place the cursor, simply lift your finger off the screen. Then you can use other keys, like b. Use the Delete key to change the text. To move the cursor again, hold your finger on the spacebar to bring up the hidden trackpad.
Watch the video below to see the hidden feature in action.
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