Useful and rare tricks/tips on your phone or tablet?

[Robster]

I've just found out that if you hold down on the keyboard on a iPhone with 3D Touch , it turns it into a track pad which makes selecting text, and cutting and pasting so much easier! Any other helpful tricks out there?

[justanother5tar]

Robster said:

I've just found out that if you hold down on the keyboard on a iPhone with 3D Touch , it turns it into a track pad which makes selecting text, and cutting and pasting so much easier! Any other helpful tricks out there?

That's fking awesome.

[TheInternet]

Android keyboard swipe left/right on space bar to move the cursor. Makes the Google typing experience one notch better than exasperatingly, unbearably st.

[mikef]

Robster said:

I've just found out that if you hold down on the keyboard on a iPhone with 3D Touch , it turns it into a track pad which makes selecting text, and cutting and pasting so much easier! Any other helpful tricks out there?

[Robster]

mikef said:

Robster said:

I've just found out that if you hold down on the keyboard on a iPhone with 3D Touch , it turns it into a track pad which makes selecting text, and cutting and pasting so much easier! Any other helpful tricks out there?

[ZesPak]

Found out the other day that, by holding down a title bar in the multi task window, you can split up your screen.



Available on new ish Android devices

[Silverage]

I did the split screen thing by accident on my iPad the other day and I had to Google how to turn it off again.

[DaveH23]

On android devices if you swipe down to the panel that allows you to turn WiFi & bluetooth on or off etc. if you press and hold the relevant option it will open up the settings to choose which WiFi/Bluetooth device. Rather than just toggling on/off.

Very quick and useful.

[TotalControl]

TheInternet said:

Android keyboard swipe left/right on space bar to move the cursor. Makes the Google typing experience one notch better than exasperatingly, unbearably st.

I've been using Android pretty much since the dawn of time and I've only just found this out.

[DaveH23]

TotalControl said:

TheInternet said:

Android keyboard swipe left/right on space bar to move the cursor. Makes the Google typing experience one notch better than exasperatingly, unbearably st.

I've been using Android pretty much since the dawn of time and I've only just found this out.

Doesn't seem to work for me..

[br d]

DaveH23 said:

TotalControl said:

TheInternet said:

Android keyboard swipe left/right on space bar to move the cursor. Makes the Google typing experience one notch better than exasperatingly, unbearably st.

I've been using Android pretty much since the dawn of time and I've only just found this out.

Doesn't seem to work for me..

I must be misunderstanding this, swiping the space bar moves the cursor a space? So does touching the space bar.

[DaveH23]

br d said:

DaveH23 said:

TotalControl said:

TheInternet said:

Android keyboard swipe left/right on space bar to move the cursor. Makes the Google typing experience one notch better than exasperatingly, unbearably st.

I've been using Android pretty much since the dawn of time and I've only just found this out.

Doesn't seem to work for me..

I must be misunderstanding this, swiping the space bar moves the cursor a space? So does touching the space bar.

This.

[TotalControl]

Swiping your finger left will move the cursor left if you want to edit and tapping the screen if a faff sometimes.

[weeboot]

Android.
Accidentally typed a word in block caps? Select the word and use shift to cycle through lower case, title case and block caps.

That space bar one of awesome!

[weeboot]

br d said:

I must be misunderstanding this, swiping the space bar moves the cursor a space? So does touching the space bar.

Swiping left/right (keep finger pressed) allows you to move back and forth on the line.

[threadlock]

weeboot said:

Android.
Accidentally typed a word in block caps? Select the word and use shift to cycle through lower case, title case and block caps.

That's good - thanks.

Also in modern Android, swipe left from the delete key to delete multiple words at a time. Much quicker than selecting text by tapping-and-holding on it.

[Craikeybaby]

Robster said:

I've just found out that if you hold down on the keyboard on a iPhone with 3D Touch , it turns it into a track pad which makes selecting text, and cutting and pasting so much easier! Any other helpful tricks out there?

Brilliant!

[maccas99]

Shame it doesn't work with SwiftKey!

[Funk]

maccas99 said:

Shame it doesn't work with SwiftKey!

The standard Android keyboard has had swiping for ages now; I ditched SwiftKey years ago - does it do something you want that the standard one doesn't?

[maccas99]

Funk said:

The standard Android keyboard has had swiping for ages now; I ditched SwiftKey years ago - does it do something you want that the standard one doesn't?

Sorry, this was about the iPhone 3d touch feature!