{"id":21936,"date":"2018-06-26T12:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=21936"},"modified":"2018-06-27T09:37:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:37:30","slug":"ios-12-beta-easier-to-access-trackpad-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/26\/ios-12-beta-easier-to-access-trackpad-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 12 Beta: Easier-to-Access Trackpad Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macstories.net\/ios\/ios-12-beta-our-favorite-tidbits-and-hidden-features-so-far\/\">Federico Viticci<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macstories.net\/ios\/ios-12-beta-our-favorite-tidbits-and-hidden-features-so-far\/\">\n<p>Previously available only on 3D Touch-enabled iPhones or with a two-finger swipe on the iPad&rsquo;s keyboard, trackpad mode can be activated in a much easier way in iOS 12: just tap &amp; hold on the space bar until the keyboard becomes a trackpad. This mode (seemingly inspired by Gboard and other custom keyboards with a similar implementation) gives owners of iPhones without 3D Touch a way to more precisely control the cursor in text fields.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Update (2018-06-26): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blackfog\/status\/1011657636352348160\">Craig Pearlman<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blackfog\/status\/1011657636352348160\">\n<p>Leaving the 3D Touch alive\/dead argument aside, I actually find the spacebar activation easier and more responsive even with 3D Touch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federico Viticci: Previously available only on 3D Touch-enabled iPhones or with a two-finger swipe on the iPad&rsquo;s keyboard, trackpad mode can be activated in a much easier way in iOS 12: just tap &amp; hold on the space bar until the keyboard becomes a trackpad. This mode (seemingly inspired by Gboard and other custom keyboards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-06-27T13:37:33Z","apple_news_api_id":"78752509-be51-4fcc-9e82-652434eccff3","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-06-27T13:37:34Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AeHUlCb5RT8yegmUkNOzP8w","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1272,31,1610,1338,423,1227],"class_list":["post-21936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-3d-touch","tag-ios","tag-ios-12","tag-iphone-se","tag-keyboard","tag-top-posts"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21944,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21936\/revisions\/21944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}