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Rofl, just yesterday I was teasing a ex apple employee about how I can do that very same trick in Android but apple can't do it unless you install the Google keyboard.... Even HE didn't know this trick was in the default some keyboard!

Can't wait to show him on Monday... Lol

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Wait, how do you do that on Android? Do you mean with Gboard?

Yeah, it actually does work. Didn't know about it either til now. The trick is to swipe from space button in GBoard, then selection cursor moves. If I just hold my finger on spacebar it triggers language selection, so it's a bit tricky

Ah, I don't use Gboard, it's a shame SwiftKey doesn't have that...

Can't get that working in my android

It's in the Gboard settings under "Glide typing": "Enable gesture cursor control". There's also "Enable gesture delete".

It's all enabled.is it not working because I have multiple language keyboards available and it changes the behaviour of the space bar?

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