Hi John, yes you are right. I mean it in the sense that you can delete to the right of where the cursor is using only the keyboard so you don’t have to struggle with trying to place your finger to the right by one (or more) characters, which can be difficult and annoying!

I really missed the forward delete button on my first iPhone so when I saw this new tool I thought it was very handy. I use it all the time now. Pressing harder on the keyboard very quickly becomes like using another key. The visual makes it very easy to see where the cursor is moved to.

I wanted to share with you that useful tool and show other similar uses for 3D touch.

I looked into alternative keyboards and found third party keyboards must totally program not only the keyboard but also all the predictive text etc. (as I understand it and I could be wrong). So for me they didn’t come up to similar performance to the iOS keyboard.

It is a pity Apple doesn’t release the keyboard in a way to allow small incremental changes to theirs.

So I believe there are keyboards with a right delete button, but then you lose some of the other keyboard functionality.

I would be happy if anyone can suggest here in the comments a third party keyboard with a forward delete button they think performs well.

Using G Translate I understand that your 3D touch does not work (and that there are more things that making the iPhone keyboard for you a torture!). I remember struggling with it at first, and I’m sure you are not alone with your frustrations.

I suggest you make sure that 3D touch feature is enabled, so navigate to Settings tap on General, tap Accessibility > 3D touch.

Also make sure you have re-stared your iPhone recently, this can help get 3D Touch working. It is a good idea whenever you notice strange things happening on your iPhone.

Reverting back to Dutch using G Translate:
Ik raad u aan ervoor te zorgen dat de 3D-aanraakfunctie is ingeschakeld, dus ga naar Instellingen tik op Algemeen, tik Toegankelijkheid> 3D aanraken.

Zorg er ook voor dat je je iPhone onlangs opnieuw hebt bekeken, dit kan helpen om 3D Touch aan het werk te krijgen. Het is een goed idee wanneer je merkt dat er rare dingen gebeuren op je iPhone.

Succes!

Thanks Mark, appreciate that. I suppose you are right I always try to add more information to cover as broadly as possible and give people more interest, more solutions or more ways you can use tricks like these. I’ll see if I should reorganize to make the forward delete methodology description closer to the top of the article or put in a page jump to it. Thanks for the feedback!