/mike

Seems that a very large number of things us iPhone owners take for granted isn’t getting enough spotlight but a good portion of what is included in the iPhone isn’t being used because nobody knows about it. So, in order to rectify that, I’m hoping this tip will help out a few more people, because it’s certainly helps me out. What tip is it? Well, how about being able to view the full content of text input areas.

I actually came upon this little tip by accident and it happened when I was noticing a bit of a bug with how the text editing magnifying glass works, which we’ll leave for another discussion. Basically, I was trying to edit the text I had entered in the obscenely small text input area on the mobile Twitter site.

All you need to do is hold your finger on the text input area an keep it there for a second—be sure to use more of your finger than just the tip or you’ll enter text edit mode. You can tell you’re holding your finger in the right place because the entire text input area will highlight—or rather lowlight—with a light gray colour. Keep holding your finger in the same spot and a little bubble will pop up showing you the full string of text you entered into the text input area.

As I mentioned already, the key is to use a bit more of your finger suface than you’re used to, otherwise the iPhone will just think you want to edit the text and give you the magnifying glass. Also, if you accidentally move your finger the iPhone will just go into panning mode and move the screen around.

And that’s all for now. Take care and remember, always keep your stick on the ice.