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Tweak to move cursor?

3under2

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That's good to know the developer is at least listening. There are lots of paid tweak developers who aren't that into listening. Good to know :)


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The one place it's lacking on the iPhone is in text selection--because there is a Shift key only on the left hand side of the keyboard (instead of both sides as it is on the iPad) it makes selecting text to the left of the cursor slightly more difficult. (It works best if you hold Shift with one finger, and swipe left with another.) Other than that, though: GENIUS.

EDIT: I actually did stumble onto something that could end up being a deal breaker for me. I can no longer use the swipe method of typing numbers--where you tap and hold the number key, slide to the number, and release to return to the letter keyboard. My guess is that I use that feature far too often to lose it.

I've never actually used that feature so I would never have realized it was an issue.


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I've never actually used that feature so I would never have realized it was an issue.

Definitely one of those things that not everyone uses, but I find it indispensable for typing at a decent pace--I use the same method for punctuation since it automatically returns me to the letter keyboard after I type a comma, parenthesis, etc. It's just too ingrained in my typing habits to give it up.

Funny it comes up today--we were showing my mother in law how to use her new phone this afternoon, and I mentioned the "double space to type a period" trick. Another iPhone user in the room was shocked--she hadn't heard of it after years of having an iPhone--but it's another thing I'd have a hard time giving up if I had to. To each his own!
 

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I keep typing a letter when I go to use the two finger swipe... Also I can't seem to get it to move up throughout the text sections
 

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Oh I know what you mean... The double space - period is something I use all the time. Can make it annoying to put in 2 spaces when I want to but I wouldn't want to do without It


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Looks like there's another tweak coming out that is very similar called SlideWriter.

See it here.

No contest...to me SlideWriter is just trying to ride the coattails of SwipeSelection. I highly doubt that most people that read about it will realize that SlideWriter will only work inside of the SlideWriter app--due to the usual Apple restrictions it isn't allowed to modify text editing anywhere else. That alone makes it worthless to me. Interesting, though, to see again how the jb world is influencing the "legit" developers.
 

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