Hello, Often, double-tap and hold works for things requiring long presses. It's definitely worth a try. I heard, for example, that it works on the Tabs button for bringing up the option to close all tabs.
Best, Anna > On Oct 4, 2017, at 1:38 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: > > Hi, Thanks for this. > > Is the long press only available on devices which are 3D touch capable, or > does this function predate 3D touch? I have an iPhone 7, but know some folks > still on iPhone 6 who may benefit from this knowledge. > > Thanks in advance, Keith > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf > Of Mary Otten > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 11:34 AM > To: macvisionar...@freelists.org <mailto:macvisionar...@freelists.org>; > viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Tips and Tricks: Ten Safari long-press shortcuts for iPhone and iPad > > > Tips and Tricks: Ten Safari long-press shortcuts for iPhone and iPad > 9to5Mac / Benjamin Mayo > > > <~WRD371.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/> > Safari for iPhone and iPad is an incredibly capable mobile web browser > despite its simple, straightforward user interface. It is the browser of > choice on iOS — in large part because it is the one pre-installed — but very > few people know everything you can do with Safari. > > Much of Safari’s advanced functionality is hidden behind ‘secret’ long-press > gestures that you can’t really know about unless you try randomly … or > someone tells you. We’ve rounded up all the Safari long press tips and tricks > below, so you can take advantage of all the different shortcuts and features > it offers. > > You might know about a few of these, but this is a comprehensive list of the > various long-press actions hidden inside Apple’s mobile browser. > > Some have been around for a long time, and at least one is brand new to iOS > 11. > > These shortcuts apply to iPhone and iPad, so you can use the tips on both > phones and tablets. The iPad has a couple unique actions related to the Split > View Safari mode. > > Long press on the Back/Forward buttons > > > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/history-back-forward/> > If you are browsing around the web, clicking through links, you are > implicitly building a navigation stack of pages for the current tab. Your > browsing will get added to the overall History but you can actually > drill-down and see the history of pages on a per-tab basis … using a > long-press. > > After browsing a little, hold down on either the Back or Forward buttons to > show a History pop-up panel. If you press on the back button, you can see the > breadcrumb trail of pages that you tapped on to get to the current page. > > Similarly, long-press on the forward button to see all the pages that you > have navigated away from to get back to the current page in the tab. If > you’ve meandered into the depths of Wikipedia, for instance, this shortcut is > a quick way to return to the source article. > > Long press on the Bookmarks button > > <~WRD371.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/bookmarks-bar/> > On Safari for iPhone and iPad, the normal way to add a bookmark for a webpage > is to press the Share toolbar button and scroll through the activity pop-up > to select the Add Bookmark option. Using a long-press, you can do the same > thing more quickly. > > Long-press on the Bookmarks button (which tapping on normally takes you to > view your bookmarks) and a new action menu appears. The modal features > options to Add Bookmark or Add to Reading List. Saving to Reading List is > immediate, whilst tapping the bookmark option will open the usual options > view to confirm the name and Favorites folder location. > > Long press on the Tabs button > > <~WRD371.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/tabs-button/> > The Tabs toolbar button is located on the right side of the screen, either at > the top on iPad or bottom on iPhone. Tapping it launches the carousel view of > preview cards for all the open tabs. However, you can also long-press it to > reveal several more options. > > Without entering the tab screen, a long-press on the button reveals an action > sheet. You can close all open tabs in one tab or close the current tab. You > can also quickly open a new tab, either in a normal window or jumping to > Private Browsing mode. > > If you long-press the Tabs button on iPad, you can also see options for Split > View tabs. You can ‘Open Split View’ if you are currently in full-screen > mode, or vice-versa and merge back down into a single view, without having to > worry about dragging and dropping tabs to the side of the display. > > Long press on the Add Tab button > > <~WRD371.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/add-tab-button/> > If you accidentally close a tab and want to get back to it, the standard flow > would be to open History and scour through for the web page in the list. You > can speed this up considerably with a long press shortcut. > > Press and hold on the Add Tab button (+ symbol) to view Recently Closed Tabs. > These are the pages that were last opened before a tab was closed It can come > in handy if you accidentally swipe a tab into oblivion or just remember there > was something else you meant to check. > > The Add Tab button is always visible on iPad; on iPhone, find the + button in > the tab overview screen by first tapping on the Tabs button. > > Long press on Done button in Tabs View > > <~WRD371.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/done-button/> > If you are already in the Tabs overview screen and want to delete all the > open tabs, you can long press on the Done Button and hit ‘Close All N Tabs’ > button in the menu that pops up. > > iPad users will also see an option in this menu to Open Split View or Merge > All Tabs if Split View is already active. > > Long press on a link in a webpage > > <image001.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/img_3886/> > Tapping on a link in a web page opens it. If instead of tapping you > long-press a link, you can access a variety of actions. For starters, the > action sheet includes the full URL of the link you have activated, so you can > get a better idea about where it will take you. > > You can Open it, Open in New Tab or even Add to Reading List without ever > opening it. You can Copy the URL to paste into another app, or press Share to > reveal the full system share sheet. iPad users can also start a Split View > Safari right from this menu. > > If the link is related to a third-party app, the action sheet will also > include an ‘Open in [App name]’ to interpret the URL as a deep link. > > Long press on an image in a webpage > > <image002.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/img_3887/> > You can also long-press on images to save them to your photo library or copy > them to the clipboard. If the image is hyperlinked, the pop-up menu will also > include the standard link shortcuts as described above. > > Note that some websites intentionally disable user interaction on images In > these cases, a tap or long-press will do nothing at all. > > Long press on Favorites icons > > <image003.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/img_3888/> > From the Favorites grid view, which shows by default for new empty tabs, you > can drag to re-arrange their order. If you instead simply press down on them, > Safari will show a context pop-up menu to Delete or Edit the highlighted site. > > For example, if a page appears in the Frequently Visited section that you > don’t want to see anymore, you can just long-press on it and tap Delete to > remove it. > > Long press on Reload button > > <~WRD371.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/reload-button/> > After a page has finished loading, you can long press on the Reload button to > find a couple neat shortcuts. You can reload the page and ask Safari to > pretend it is a desktop website. This is especially useful on iPad where some > sites continue to serve iPad users with website designs optimized for phones. > It isn’t a foolproof feature, but it does work in many places. > > If you have a Content Blocker installed, an option will also appear here to > ‘Reload Without Content Blockers’. > > Long press on Reader button > > <~WRD371.jpg> > <https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/04/tips-and-tricks-ten-safari-long-press-shortcuts-for-iphone-and-ipad/reader-button/> > New to iOS 11, it is actually possible to have Safari automatically launch > Reader for select domains. This means you can view a particular website > without distractions, in the streamlined reading-focused Safari Reader > interface, automatically every single time. > > To enable this, navigate to a page that supports Reader. Then, long-press on > the Reader icon (three lines) in the URL bar. This will open a pop-up to > enable Automatic Reader View. You can choose to enable it just for the > current website domain or on any website you visit. Enabling this option > means every page will open in Reader view if it is available, and you will > have to tap to disable it every single time. > > So, there are ten things you can do in Safari with long-press gestures, most > are shortcut actions but some are only available with a press-and-hold. 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