Wes Groleau

The iPad keyboard offers no up, down, pageup, etc.

But there is apparently either a bug or an undocumented feature
recently introduced. Several times in the past couple of weeks
(and never before that) I have been typing away, and suddenly the
insertion point jumps from the end of the text to several lines
higher up.

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Wes Groleau

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Michelle Steiner

In article <j8hfio$k59$4@dont-email.me>,
Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:

> The iPad keyboard offers no up, down, pageup, etc.
>
> But there is apparently either a bug or an undocumented feature
> recently introduced. Several times in the past couple of weeks
> (and never before that) I have been typing away, and suddenly the
> insertion point jumps from the end of the text to several lines
> higher up.

If you tap the top bar (i.e., where the time and signal strength indicators
are), the display will jump to the top of the page. But I don't know about
the insertion point jumping like you described. Maybe you inadvertently
touched the screen there?

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Tom Stiller

In article <michelle-A5EC09.11413229102011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <j8hfio$k59$4@dont-email.me>,
> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:
>
> > The iPad keyboard offers no up, down, pageup, etc.
> >
> > But there is apparently either a bug or an undocumented feature
> > recently introduced. Several times in the past couple of weeks
> > (and never before that) I have been typing away, and suddenly the
> > insertion point jumps from the end of the text to several lines
> > higher up.
>
> If you tap the top bar (i.e., where the time and signal strength indicators
> are), the display will jump to the top of the page. But I don't know about
> the insertion point jumping like you described. Maybe you inadvertently
> touched the screen there?

No; I've had it happen in Mail but it's always whenI'm trying to type
something quickly. I don't notice it right away and don't know what I
hit to cause it.

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Wes Groleau

On 10-29-2011 14:41, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> Wes Groleau<Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:
>> The iPad keyboard offers no up, down, pageup, etc.
>>
>> But there is apparently either a bug or an undocumented feature
>> recently introduced. Several times in the past couple of weeks
>> (and never before that) I have been typing away, and suddenly the
>> insertion point jumps from the end of the text to several lines
>> higher up.
>
> If you tap the top bar (i.e., where the time and signal strength indicators
> are), the display will jump to the top of the page. But I don't know about
> the insertion point jumping like you described. Maybe you inadvertently
> touched the screen there?

Nope. I type with eight fingers, and it's possible that I touched the
screen at the edge of the keyboard, but certainly night several lines of
text above that.

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Wes Groleau

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Wes Groleau

On 10-29-2011 22:07, Wes Groleau wrote:
> certainly night several

certainly _not_ several

It IS night here. Good night!

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Michelle Steiner

In article <j8iilo$u51$1@dont-email.me>,
Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:

> On 10-29-2011 22:07, Wes Groleau wrote:
> > certainly night several
>
> certainly _not_ several
>
> It IS night here. Good night!

Good not!

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L Mossford

It is my belief that there are "multiple" iPad keyboards, depending on the
task at hand. Moving the insertion point, I have found, is best accomplished
by using a finger.

Regards
Lawrence


"Wes Groleau" wrote in message news:j8hfio$k59$4@dont-email.me...

The iPad keyboard offers no up, down, pageup, etc.

But there is apparently either a bug or an undocumented feature
recently introduced. Several times in the past couple of weeks
(and never before that) I have been typing away, and suddenly the
insertion point jumps from the end of the text to several lines
higher up.

--
Wes Groleau

There are two types of people in the world …
http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1157