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How to accurately relocate the cursor in Notes for your iPhone or iPod Touch

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While typing using the Notes application on your iPhone (or jailbroken iPod Touch) sometimes you want to go back and change or correct something. But it can be tricky to ‘tap’ exactly where you want the cursor to go. Here’s a neat trick I just discovered today – tap in the general area you want to put the cursor, and hold your finger down. A magnified view will appear, and you can “drag” the cursor exactly where you want it.

Update: as reader Philip points out, this actually works in all iPhone/iPod Touch apps (other than some 3rd party programs like Term-vt100).

magnified view of the cursor in notes for the iphone or ipod touch

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  1. Philip Fuesser says

    you can do this in any app on the iphone, not just notes…

  2. Some Guy says

    Thanks for the tip.

  3. Julio says

    everyone knew that when the first iPhone came out !! :)

  4. iknacius says

    Yeah si.. esa herramienta es básica y muy elemental y te apuesto ke ahorra mucho tiempo a la hora de escribir mensajes extensos…. tambien la aparicion del dock en la parte inferior de la pantalla con solo arrastrar el dedo es increible son atajos ke te ayudan a navegar mas rapido en el telefono



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