I was unable to get it to work at first, but, if I double tap and hold and then 
quickly release my finger after a second it seems to work. I was holding my 
finger down too long. 

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> On May 18, 2016, at 9:51 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> A double tap and hold then release after a second or so seems to work for 
> most people. For those where it doesn’t work it is hard to say that it 
> doesn’t because of the way they perform the gesture or because it just 
> doesn’t work. I also thought at first it didn’t work, but have since tried it 
> again on both my 6S Plus and my wife’s 6S and her old 6 and it works on all 
> three devices.
>  
>  
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Anthony Vece
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 5:39 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: heavy bug in fb app update
>  
> Joney;
> 
> I am unable to get it to work.
>  
> Anthony
> 
> Sent from my Verizon iPhone SE
> 
> On May 18, 2016, at 8:11 PM, Joney <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> You have to find the search area, turn off voiceover, tap twice, and turn 
> voiceover back on. You were then in the text field. It's the only way I've 
> made it work.
> 
> Joney
> [email protected]
> "If God can bring you to it,
> He will  lead you through it."
> 
> On May 18, 2016, at 7:35 PM, Candy Lowe <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I tried it on a 5 s and on my 6 and can't get it to work on either one.  I 
> tap on the search and get the click, but the keyboard doesn't come up.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On May 16, 2016, at 12:48 PM, Davy Cuppens <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mary and others
>  
> I informed the accessibility team of facebook about the bug.
> For your own good policies, maybe it is good to set your iphone in this way 
> that app updates are not installed so that you can prevent yourselves for 
> such inconveniences caused by broken accessibility in app updates.
> Regards
> Davy 
>  
> From: Mary Otten
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 5:41 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: heavy bug in fb app update
>  
> Hi exceed hard,
> I tried as you suggested by flicking to the search field then flicking to the 
> left once hearing the bunk and double tapping and holding. I held it for 
> quite a while. Tried it twice. No luck. Then I tried touching into the search 
> field sliding my finger all the way to the left margin, double tapping. Same 
> thing. No luck. I hope they fix this bug soon, as I do use the search field 
> quite often to search in a very busy group of which I am a member.
> Mary
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On May 16, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hmm, I just tried it again and while I have done so several times yesterday 
> when it didn’t work, it does work now.
> It does sometimes seem to matter where exactly the focus is, I just tried it 
> by swiping left all the way until I got to “Search, dimmed” and it didn’t 
> work twice in a row, then I swipe left one more time so it made the bonk 
> sound and then it worked. When I find the search field by touch it seems to 
> work better if I make sure I slide my finger all the way to the left against 
> the edge of my case.
> But I think it’s pretty safe to say that it seems to be consistant although I 
> can’t get it to work the way Donna says with a split tap.
> Davy, make sure you double tap and hold and don’t lift your finger too soon, 
> make sure the triple tone sounds and then give it another half second or 
> second before  you lift your finger. If it doesn’t work the first time try it 
> a second time and move your finger a bit more towards the edge, if you have a 
> case it is easier as you can put your finger right up against the case.
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>  
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Krister Ekstrom
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 5:58 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: heavy bug in fb app update
>  
> I can confirm that the workaround for the search works.
> /Krister
>  
> 16 maj 2016 kl. 14:44 skrev Davy Cuppens <[email protected]>:
>  
> I am very sorry to tell that it is really not working here at all, even not 
> in the more tab of the screen.
> It is eventually a bug!
> Regards
> Davy
>  
> From: Daniel Miller
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 1:39 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: heavy bug in fb app update
>  
> Hi, yes it does. I just tried it literally two seconds ago, and got it to 
> work 100% of the time. Double tap and hold on the search field, wait for the 
> triple tone, then release your finger. Works all the time.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus
> 
> On May 16, 2016, at 6:54 AM, Davy Cuppens <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> This is really not true. Tis workaround does not work here.
>  
> From: Daniel Miller
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 6:37 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: heavy bug in fb app update
>  
> hi. That's not true. While voiceover claims the search box is damned, you can 
> still double tap and hold and release and it will bring up the keyboard.
> 
> On Saturday, May 14, 2016, Davy Cuppens <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi folks
>  
> Do not upgrade to the latest fb app update.
>  
> The search function can nolonger be used for voiceover users.
> Regards
> Davy
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