Text Navigation in iPadOS 13

As a result of the recent operating system upgrade, iPadOS 13 now has a few simple-to-learn, but powerful text navigation features. Watch the video below to see a real-time demo of all the features discussed here.



You can still tap anywhere in a text field to move the cursor to a new location. However, you can now drag the cursor anywhere within a text field. Notice that the cursor gets larger while you are dragging it.

Text selection is now more powerful using three different taps. Double-tap to select an individual word. Triple-tap to select a sentence. And quadruple-tap to select the entire paragraph.

Copy, paste, and undo are universal across iPadOS 13. Select text as you have in the past. To copy, use a three-finger pinch (imagine that you are grabbing the text). Then move the cursor to a new location. Now paste by pinching in reverse with three fingers (as though you are releasing the text).

Finally, iPadOS 13 has a universal gesture to undo. Swipe three fingers backward to Undo. Swipe three fingers forward to Redo.