2026-09-20 16:39 UTC
@nickrauchen@c.im
Isn't that new? Until the latest iOS update when I pressed on the spacebar the keyboard didn't go blank, and it was only the spacebar itself that I could use as a trackpad.
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@edavies@functional.cafe 2026-09-20 17:15
@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot @nickrauchen@c.im @cstross@wandering.shop @j2bryson@mastodon.social @newtontalk@bitbang.social Works in iOS 16.7.16.
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@tero@masto.ai 2026-09-20 19:30
@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot @nickrauchen@c.im @cstross@wandering.shop @j2bryson@mastodon.social @newtontalk@bitbang.social The keyboard-as-trackpad feature was introduced in iOS 9 in 2015, and triggering it with the spacebar in iOS 12 in 2018.
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@nickrauchen@c.im 2026-09-21 01:19
@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot @cstross@wandering.shop @j2bryson@mastodon.social @newtontalk@bitbang.social Not sure. I learned about this feature maybe two years ago from someone on Mastodon. 🙂 I can't remember if the blank key thing is new, but functionally it has been the same for me.