I find it quite hard to edit spelling mistakes, using just the touchscreen. Currently I try to tap the screen exactly where I want the cursor to be, but this isn't very accurate.
The iPhone has a nice 'magnifying glass' feature which allows you to accurately move the cursor. Is there a similarly nice way to do this in Android?
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If you use swype you can move the cursor by swyping from the swype symbol to the SYM key. That brings up a screen where you can do easy cursor movements and text selection. Also, you can correct words easily by double-tapping on a word; this will bring up the word choice box. |
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Using the trackball or D-pad for this is pretty accurate. You can easily go up, down, left and right with it. |
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Yes - if you touch into the text on a word and hold, you will usually get a small magnifying glass bubble just above your fingertip that will allow you to drag your finger and change the cursor point. I say usually because sometimes pressing and holding will bring up the "Edit Text" menu that gives you the options to "Select All", "Copy", etc. If this happens, just exit out of the menu and try again. |
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TouchPal input method has a (similar to Swype) feature to do cursor movement, copy, cut, paste functions. You need to long press on the "Edit" key (that's the one to left of the SPACE button, with the pencil icon) and you'll get cursor movements and edit keys keyboard. |
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