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Technical glitch maybe?

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I regularly have to go back and edit typos as my iPad is daft and doesn’t recognise where my fingers type :)

Quite often the cursor disappears though on edits making it impossible to highlight, select or know where I’m typing. If I leave the page and return or refresh it usually reappears but not always.

It doesn’t happen on any other app or website just dcuk forum. Does anyone else get this?
 
Yeah I get the same fairly often. It will likely be a mishandling of the text editor inside iOS Safari.
 
HSSS said:
Well I’m relieved it’s not just me. I have no idea what a text editor is! Odd that it’s just this site though.
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I’ve seen the same thing happen on another website that just happens to use the same forum software. By text editor I mean the interface (between Safari and the website) that handles all the posh text editing and formatting controls that we have these days. For me personally it’s a minor issue, and is probably as much to do with Safari as it is the forum developers.
 
I have the same happen with another forum that uses the same software.
 
It’d be a minor issue for me if the keypad would type where my fingers go!

Sadly it’s happened on two iPads so it’s not a fault in the current one, I need to be more accurate rather than go at the pace I do (unless I can calibrate it to my fingers ) it seems worse the faster I go.
 
The Xenforo forum software is out of date, the latest release is 2.1.x, they have fixed a shipload of bugs in it.
 
HSSS said:
I regularly have to go back and edit typos as my iPad is daft and doesn’t recognise where my fingers type :)

Quite often the cursor disappears though on edits making it impossible to highlight, select or know where I’m typing. If I leave the page and return or refresh it usually reappears but not always.

It doesn’t happen on any other app or website just dcuk forum. Does anyone else get this?
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Yes, I get the same. Selecting text to move around when typing a long post is also nigh on impossible.
 
Whooosh! That was the sound of every comment in this thread going over my head. :(
 
I understand the cursor bit but not much else! And yes it happens on my iPad too occasionally.
 
I have never had that problem using Chrome on Android, using Chrome on the iPad might be a solution.
 
HSSS said:
It’d be a minor issue for me if the keypad would type where my fingers go!

Sadly it’s happened on two iPads so it’s not a fault in the current one, I need to be more accurate rather than go at the pace I do (unless I can calibrate it to my fingers ) it seems worse the faster I go.
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Hello,

Another iPad user here...
I believe they use a capacitive screen. I find regular cleaning grease off the screen helps. Especially where the key pad pops up.. Which may cause a "ghosting" effect with button commands nearby?
We seem to leave residue where we touch. I know I do if referencing something whilst out tinkering with the van.

I also find shutting down the keypad (the bottom right keyboard button.) then hitting the text box to bring it back alleviates the disappearing curser issue.

Hope this helps.
 
Jaylee said:
Hello,

Another iPad user here...
I believe they use a capacitive screen. I find regular cleaning grease off the screen helps. Especially where the key pad pops up.. Which may cause a "ghosting" effect with button commands nearby?
We seem to leave residue where we touch. I know I do if referencing something whilst out tinkering with the van.

I also find shutting down the keypad (the bottom right keyboard button.) then hitting the text box to bring it back alleviates the disappearing curser issue.

Hope this helps.
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I have an Apple Pencil. And I was going to give it a try when manipulating text. But coincidentally had cleaned my iPad screen thoroughly a couple of days ago and that has made a difference.
 
I ordered a box of Zeiss Smart Phone wipes from Amazon and got them the following day. It’s something I had meant to do for a while but had not got around to it. Checking my speed typing now, a good clean has made a distinct difference.
 
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I'm too old for all this - my brain is a 1945 model and can't handle all the new technology or terminology. Amazingly, I used to teach use of office technologies and managing them in the early days (when most were still using Amstrads and a few years after that). However, my cursor keeps disappearing on me, but I assume it is my eyes that are at fault - it usually reappears if I keep moving on the tracker pad, so I guess it's just hiding somewhere on the edge of the screen.
 
Annb said:
I'm too old for all this - my brain is a 1945 model and can't handle all the new technology or terminology. Amazingly, I used to teach use of office technologies and managing them in the early days (when most were still using Amstrads and a few years after that). However, my cursor keeps disappearing on me, but I assume it is my eyes that are at fault - it usually reappears if I keep moving on the tracker pad, so I guess it's just hiding somewhere on the edge of the screen.
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No, I think we’ve established iPads have issues that aren’t the users fault.
 
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