Help Text Input in Email Application

[jaybee56]

This is my first android phone and I love it. My question is about the text input box in the email app that comes with the phone.

When I type messages or use any of the other applications where you input text, if I tap on a word a blue cursor handle appears which makes it easy to move the cursor around and gives editing options if you then tap on the handle. When I do this on the email app there is a tiny little cursor that is difficult to move around. I have found out, though, that if you press and hold on the word the blue handles and editing options do appear but are nowhere near as easy to move around.

I was wondering if the email text box should work the same way as messaging etc or is it something I'll have to get used to.

Hope this makes sense, it's a steep learning curve for me and I need things to be easy 'cause I'm not as young as I used to be.

 

[mithras]

I have *exactly* the same problem. An example of what we're talking about:

On the left I try to edit the subject, where the blue cursor appears. On the right, the blue cursor is gone for the body text of the emai.

Please help, because this makes the application actually unusable

 

[Shotgun84]

If you long press any text box you can select input methods and change your keyboard to swype. Now if you swype from the box in the bottom left (the one with the hand) to the one next to it (SYM) you get a new keyboard with all your edit, copy and paste keys



Sorry for the small pic I tried to upload the whole screenshot but apparently it was too big

 

[bonerp]

theres a fault in the email app that is yet to be addressed - it also doesnt do predictive in the samsung or keypurr keyboard. its a right pita.

 

[mithras]

If you long press any text box you can select input methods and change your keyboard to swype. Now if you swype from the box in the bottom left (the one with the hand) to the one next to it (SYM) you get a new keyboard with all your edit, copy and paste keys

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Sorry for the small pic I tried to upload the whole screenshot but apparently it was too big

Thanks for the help. I didn't know about this feature, this helps me to navigate the cursor again.

Nevertheless, I used to have the blue thing. For example in the GMail email app, it is still present:

So is there a way to get it back?

 

[mithras]

theres a fault in the email app that is yet to be addressed - it also doesnt do predictive in the samsung or keypurr keyboard. its a right pita.

Ah, so it's actually a bug from Samsung? I thought I've not always missed the blue cursor, but anyway I really hope they will solve the problem in a next update, 2.3.4 or something..

 

[Bath]

I just got my S2 a week ago and the missing blue cursos in the email application was bugging me and had me wondering. Knowing it is a bug at least I know it's not me!
Many thanks.

 

[markbarry1977]

I hope they fix this soon it makes the wgole email editor pointless. I think i might be looking for an alternate email editor.

Any suggestions