David, I normally do what you suggest and have often been able to work
around tasks this way. The email subject field, however, seems to be a
different animal. If I fill in the address field, I then can tap on the
screen to open the subject field,. However, I'm not really in the subject
field. I am in the address field. Even when I try using my finger to swipe
left and back to the field again as was suggested earlier, I still end up in
the address field.
I'm not going to spend too much more list time on this. I'll just chalk it
up to a keyboard oddity.
Thanks for people's help.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of David Chittenden
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 5:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Problems filling in the subject in email messages
Ok, now I understand what is going on.
iOS devices have always been designed for direct input from the
touch-screen. Keyboard access was added later. When a field is activated
directly on the screen, it always activates editing properly. When a field
is activated using a Bluetooth keyboard, it occasionally does not activate.
This occasional problem with opening fields for editing using a Bluetooth
device also occurs with Braille displays.
The solution is quite simple. Do as sighted people, even those who use a
physical keyboard do, activate edit fields on the touch-screen directly. In
other words, work with your device rather than against it.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 23/03/2013, at 6:50, "Neal Ewers" <[email protected]> wrote:
Lisa, thanks for this. I thought I could trick Apple. What an absurd
thing to try to do. I thought I could simply fill in the subject field
first and go back to the address field and fill it in. Well that
worked, or so I thought, But when I got back to the subject, I could
not go any further. The message field would not appear. I had to click
once inside the subject field and then get out of that field and then
the message field appeared. How strange. I am using the Apple blue
tooth keyboard if that makes a difference.
Bottom line, it works, but the question is, would there be an easier way?
Thanks.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Lisa belville
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 12:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Problems filling in the subject in email messages
Ah, Neil, I encountered this phenomenon for the first time this
morning. I had to remove everything from the to field, then edit the
subject field, come back and reenter the to address and it worked.
before that, I kept double-checking to be sure that yes, I was indeed
editing the subject field, but the subject kept showing up next to the
text in the to field for some reason.
I've sent several Emails on my phone and this was a new occurrence, so
not sure what's going on. At least there's a relatively low-tech
solution.
Lisa
The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap
Lisa Belville [email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Ewers" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:35 AM
Subject: Problems filling in the subject in email messages
Hi all, I am definitely missing something basic here. When I send an
email, I can find the address field and enter the address. I then
find the subject field and double tap to enter text. However, when I
enter it, it is placed at the end of the email address in the
address," field. I remember having this problem when I used my
iTouch, so it's definitely Neal and not the iPhone. What M I doing
wrong?
Thanks.
Neal
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