Select text in cursor mode

Done Keys, layout & gestures

youknowdave ·

When you press and hold down the space bar the cursor appears which you can drag around as you like. With the native Apple keyboard if you additionally press the shift key when in this mode it then will select the given text and allow you to select what you like. This is extremely useful functionality which would be great to see incorporated into efkey.

I find selecting text in iOS one of the most clumsy things to do and I find this functionality massively improves that experience. Is this something that could be added?

Discussion

efko DEV ·

@youknowdave I didn't even know the native keyboard could do this until your report, and it's really handy. iOS doesn't let third-party keyboards select text inside the app, so I can't copy it one to one. In the next App Store update, while you hold the space bar you can tap with a second finger (Shift works too) and the text you move over shows up in the middle of the keyboard. Let go and the bar gives you Copy, Cut and Delete.

efko DEV ·
status → Needs testing
efko DEV ·
status → Done

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