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NBachers

(18,132 posts)
Tue Dec 26, 2023, 04:29 AM Dec 2023

I can't make text corrections on DU4 posts on my iPhone because the text I want to correct jumps below the phone's edge

1. I see a text correction I need to make in a post I made on my phone.

2. I try to move the cursor to the place where I need to make the correction.

3. The text window jumps below the keyboard on my phone and I can't see it anymore, thus I can't correct it.

4. The only way I can correct it is if I count how many characters to blindly backspace until I get to the bad letter I want to correct. Then I can blindly type in that letter, and blindly type in all the letters I backspaced away. This usually doesn't work, and requires more corrections; leading me to quit in frustration and just abandon the post.

5. This never happened in other DU versions.

6 If you look down the comments in this post, you'll see a reply to a comment of mine, stating that it's a known DU4 bug, and it also occurs on tblue37's Kindle: https://democraticunderground.com/100218552649

Has there been any admin acknowledgment of this bug, and have there been any other comments about it?

Is there any other forum where I should post about this?

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I can't make text corrections on DU4 posts on my iPhone because the text I want to correct jumps below the phone's edge (Original Post) NBachers Dec 2023 OP
I use a mobile phone to read DU. Aussie105 Dec 2023 #1
Hello EarlG Dec 2023 #2
Default, and and horizontal. I just tried it now, and it seems OK in vertical. NBachers Dec 2023 #3

Aussie105

(6,265 posts)
1. I use a mobile phone to read DU.
Tue Dec 26, 2023, 05:53 AM
Dec 2023

But I use a laptop or desktop to write and correct my words of 'wisdom' (aka verbal dribble).

Edge on Windows 11 picks up every misspelled word and grammatical error. Quite useful.

EarlG

(22,540 posts)
2. Hello
Tue Dec 26, 2023, 09:29 AM
Dec 2023

Can you please tell me:

1) Which DU Mode are you using? (Default, Night, or Skinner)
2) Do you hold your phone horizontally or vertically?

NBachers

(18,132 posts)
3. Default, and and horizontal. I just tried it now, and it seems OK in vertical.
Tue Dec 26, 2023, 01:18 PM
Dec 2023

Also, it looks like it works better in horizontal if I don’t enlarge the window.

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