IOS 18 has added a feature to reminders that interferes with manually ordering reminders

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IOS 18 has added a feature to reminders that interferes with manually ordering reminders

Up until now if you pressed on a list item in reminders you could move it within the list. With ios 18 three different things can happen: 1) you will get a magnified insertion point, 2) you get a context menu or 3) you can move the item. More than 80% of the time I get one of the first two which is not what I want. Is there a way to reliably get 3? Although this was one of my favourite features of the app, I've given up on it out of frustration.

Posted on Dec 2, 2024 09:42 AM

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6x6

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Dec 2, 2024 11:19 AM in response to Lianus

When you long-press a reminder to move it, slide it to the right to dismiss the popup menu. You’ll then be able to drop it where you want.

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6x6

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Dec 3, 2024 09:05 AM in response to Lianus

I'm seeing the zoom "oval" on other applications (Notes, Safari...) but, surprisingly, not in Reminders.

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Haptic Touch and see what setting you are using. Mine is set as "Fast". I observe that if I set to "Slow", I do see the zoom "oval" in Reminders as well.

You might want to set yours to "Default".

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6x6

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Dec 5, 2024 10:13 AM in response to Jello_Baby

Jello_Baby wrote:

When I slide it to the right and moved it it disappeared! I don't like this. What did I do wrong?

Thank you for any help!

The “sliding to the right” is just trick to dismiss the pop-up menu. As soon as your finger is no longer on top of the popup menu, the popup menu will disappear and you’ll be able to move the reminder.

I’m not sure I understand the fact that the reminder disappeared. Were you able to move it? If so, where did you drop it?

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6x6

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Dec 2, 2024 04:55 PM in response to Lianus

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Are you using some kind of zoom setting, perhaps in Settings > Accessibility? I'm not seeing any magnified cursor on my end.

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Dec 3, 2024 08:49 AM in response to 6x6

I noticed the magnified insertion point (in the image below) after I upgraded my iphone 13 mini to ios 18.1.1. I now realize it occurs if I do a long press in Reminders, Notes, Pages and perhaps others. It presents a problem for me because I frequently reorder my lists manually with a long press but now 8 times out of 10 I get this unwanted magnification. Is there a way to turn it off or if not to get it under control? I didn't change any settings in accessibility with the upgrade and I haven't found anything in settings to control it. There is a cryptic reference on helenkeller.org to something that might be this, but no details.

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Dec 5, 2024 02:25 PM in response to 6x6

I did move it but when I tried to place it in a different spot like I've done many times before, it disappeared. I have no idea where it went or what happened.

I just tried it again like you said, and moving to the right got rid of the pop up menu and I was able to successfully move something.

Thank you for your help!

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Lianus Author

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Dec 2, 2024 01:26 PM in response to 6x6

That helps with problem 2. Is there anything I can do to avoid the magnified insertion point which is the more common problem?

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Dec 3, 2024 10:15 AM in response to 6x6

That did it. Many thanks.

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6x6

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Dec 3, 2024 10:22 AM in response to Lianus

You are quite welcome.

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Dec 5, 2024 09:38 AM in response to 6x6

When I slide it to the right and moved it it disappeared! I don't like this. What did I do wrong?

Thank you for any help!

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Answer 11

Dec 9, 2024 07:41 AM in response to Jello_Baby

I am having the same problem. iPhone pro max. The magnified explanation point shows up. Sliding right does not make it disappear. Somehow I was able to move the text item once out of 20 tries.

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Dec 9, 2024 07:42 AM in response to Lianus

I am having the same problem. iPhone 11 pro max. The magnified explanation point shows up. Sliding right does not make it disappear. Somehow I was able to move the text item once out of 20 tries

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Lianus Author

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Dec 9, 2024 03:23 PM in response to Peterk-Soo

Check the value of haptic touch as 6x6 explains above. It fixed it for me.

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Dec 10, 2024 07:58 AM in response to Lianus

Thank you Lianus! That solved the problem.

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