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Textastic ios7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() While I admit that having bookmarks adds metadata to text files, making sharing text files across platforms challenging, at least having the bookmarks available while the file lives solely in the Textastic environment would be a welcome productivity boost. There is still a feature missing compared to popular desktop text editors like sublime texto text companionit's the ability to create and retrieve bookmarks, something I use regularly, especially on large files. Using these special characters is also useful when using Textastic's Find and Replace function, as the function supports regular expression searches for more accurate results. After a while, this selection process becomes second nature. Swiping on the desired character will generate it within the document. ![]() Although these special keys are tiny on an iPhone screen, selecting these virtual keys is intuitive thanks to the way they can be touched, expanding the various characters on the key to a larger size. Both iPhone and iPad feature a custom row of keys on the virtual keyboard that provides access to the most common programming characters, such as square brackets and square brackets, pipe and hash symbols, and even multi-tab indents. Too bad it's only available in the iPad version. But when an external keyboard is too bulky or not available, the navigation wheel comes in handy. That said, the optimal Textastic experience is on an iPad Pro using the Apple Smart Keyboard (Textastic supports additional developer-focused keyboard shortcuts by holding down the Command or Control key on an external keyboard). You can also invoke a cursor scroll wheel on iPad for more precise directional movements when performing a two-finger tap within the editor. Swiping one finger left or right on the screen moves the text cursor one character, two fingers move it one word, and three fingers one section or paragraph at a time. Navigating text elements on an iPad or, even more challenging, iPhone, can sound daunting, but Textastic greatly simplifies this basic necessity. ![]()
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