Apple iPhone and iPad users -- I seek your expertise

[roller]

Hi there!

I'm curious if any of you seasoned iPhone and iPad users can assist with an easy question -- is there a way to adjust the length of the "long press" it takes to activate edit mode on an iPhone or iPad (when all the icons get squiggly so they can be moved or deleted)?

A family member has an older iPad 3... and she continues to accidentally screw things up because she's pressing her frequently used icons too long... activating edit mode... and then she inadvertently deletes them. If this long press time can be adjusted (i.e., made super-long), I believe our problems (well, MY problems as I am her tech support) will be fixed.

Thoughts? Thanks!

 

[BismarckHerring]

I think what you’re looking for is in settings > accessibility > haptic touch.

I wouldn’t call the ‘slow’ setting super slow, but it might help.

 

[Jefenator]

If that one setting tweak gets you to 100% smooth sailing, count yourself lucky!
There seems to be a certain age & personality type for which even the world's first $3 trillion company can't make the interface intuitive enough.
(I passed my old iPhone XS to my mom but might trade down to one with a button because she just. Can't. Get. The hang of that "swipe up" home gesture. And then there's that thing were the camera app shoots video if you stay on the shutter too long. Handy for many - headache for us...)

 

[The Golden Boy]

I passed my old iPhone XS to my mom but might trade down to one with a button because she just. Can't. Get. The hang of that "swipe up" home gesture.

HOLY CRAP!!!

My Mom like stabs at the phone and makes this exaggerated swipe upward and continues the swipe for a foot and a half after her finger clears the phone!!!

Not to mention the crap she turns on and off and then the 'handwriting' thing that she somehow turns on and then sends dots and squiggles as texts... My sister and I occasionally send each other squiggles just because it's funny.

 

[dwm74]

Boy oh boy, I can relate. My mother got her first iPhone a few years ago, and between the numerous accidental re-dialing to the 'where'd my icon(s) go?' questions I get often. How she manages to delete stuff on a regular basis I do not know.

 

[roller]

Thanks... but unfortunately, I don't believe that's going to help. When this person goes to launch the Mail app, they're pressing a little too long which activates edit mode.

The more I research and ask on this topic, the less likely a fix appears to be available.

I think what you’re looking for is in settings > accessibility > haptic touch.

I wouldn’t call the ‘slow’ setting super slow, but it might help.

 

[KohanMike]

A friend taps an icon with her finger nail, when it doesn't work, she taps harder and harder with her fingernail. I've told her a few times that she only needs a light touch with the skin, not the nail. She doesn't even have long nails.

 

[Gorn]

You'll use your apple product the way apple tells you to use you your apple product and you'll like it.

 

[BismarckHerring]

Thanks... but unfortunately, I don't believe that's going to help. When this person goes to launch the Mail app, they're pressing a little too long which activates edit mode.

That's exactly what this setting is supposed to help with: it makes the OS wait longer before a press is considered a long press. The question is, will it help enough?

 

[roller]

Good idea, but I don't need it to affect all apps -- I only need it to change the time to get into edit mode.

Thanks for the suggestion.

That's exactly what this setting is supposed to help with: it makes the OS wait longer before a press is considered a long press. The question is, will it help enough?