{"id":28521,"date":"2020-03-30T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T21:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=28521"},"modified":"2020-03-31T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:36:13","slug":"cursor-pointer-and-insertion-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/30\/cursor-pointer-and-insertion-point\/","title":{"rendered":"&ldquo;Cursor,&rdquo; &ldquo;Pointer,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Insertion Point&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2020\/03\/curse_words\">John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2020\/03\/curse_words\">\n<p>For clarity, it&rsquo;s best not to refer to either of these things as <em>cursors<\/em>. Instead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mouse\/trackpad pointer.<\/li>\n<li>Insertion point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This terminology has been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betalogue\/status\/1241427699089932289\">slightly confusing<\/a> over the last week, since Apple&rsquo;s surprise announcement of pointer support in iPadOS 13.4. In their marketing materials, Apple is calling pointers &ldquo;cursors&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>In its technical documentation, Apple is clear.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/uikit\/pointer_interactions\">new API<\/a> calls it a &ldquo;pointer,&rdquo; but <a href=\"http:\/\/mirror.informatimago.com\/next\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/Carbon\/Reference\/QuickDraw_Ref\/qdref_main\/function_group_39.html\">Carbon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/appkit\/nscursor\">Cocoa<\/a> have historically used &ldquo;cursor.&rdquo; Of course, &ldquo;pointer&rdquo; also has <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/foundation\/nspointerfunctions\">another meaning<\/a> in code.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leancrew.com\/all-this\/2020\/03\/foiled-again\/\">Dr. Drang<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/leancrew.com\/all-this\/2020\/03\/foiled-again\/\">\n<p>For 35 years, Apple&rsquo;s been telling me this thing should called a pointer, and I&rsquo;ve been following along, mainly because I thought the distinction between a pointer and a cursor was useful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/18\/ipad-pro-2020-and-magic-keyboard-with-trackpad\/\">iPad Pro 2020 and Magic Keyboard With Trackpad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/31\/select-vs-choose\/\">Select vs. Choose<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Gruber: For clarity, it&rsquo;s best not to refer to either of these things as cursors. Instead: Mouse\/trackpad pointer. Insertion point. This terminology has been slightly confusing over the last week, since Apple&rsquo;s surprise announcement of pointer support in iPadOS 13.4. In their marketing materials, Apple is calling pointers &ldquo;cursors&rdquo;. 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