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         Adjust Touch Duration for Haptic Touch on the iPhone and iPad

   Adam Engst

   On the iPhone and iPad, you can reveal additional commands and options
   when you touch and hold many interface elements, including
   notifications, app icons, widgets, messages in Mail, links in Safari,
   message and conversation bubbles in Messages, and much more. Thanks to
   [1]Simon on TidBITS Talk for noting that iOS and iPadOS make the
   duration of what developers call 'long presses' customizable. In
   Settings > Accessibility > Touch (under Physical and Motor) > Haptic
   Touch, you can choose Fast to reduce the amount of time you have to
   touch and hold or Slow to increase it. (Similar options appear in
   earlier versions of iOS and iPadOS.)

   So, if you've found the length of time necessary to trigger a
   touch-and-hold action problematic in either direction, you can use this
   setting to make your device fit your usage patterns better. I'm an
   accurate but impatient tapper, so I plan to try the Fast setting to see
   if I like it better. I could also see people who move more slowly or
   have trouble touching the screen exactly where they want appreciating
   the Slow setting. Either way, give it a try with the Touch Duration
   Test below the choices.

   

References

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   1. https://talk.tidbits.com/t/psa-ios-now-lets-you-reduce-the-lag-for-long-press/26126?u=ace

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   2. https://tidbits.com/wp/../uploads/2024/01/Haptic-Touch-settings-scaled.jpg

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