| Action | Move the Cursor Freely |
| Shortcut | Hold Space bar |
| Platform | iPhone |
| Category | Text Editing Gestures |
On iPhone, you can move the cursor freely with Hold Space bar. Press and hold the space bar to drag the cursor like a trackpad. It sits in the Text Editing Gestures group and is one of the iPhone shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard iPhone conventions.
Open the app or screen where you want to move the cursor freely.
Press Hold Space bar.
Press and hold the space bar to drag the cursor like a trackpad.