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According to 9to5Mac, Apple could be working on a sophisticated and system-wide mouse cursor support for the next generation of iPadOS and iOS. The report is based on an early version of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 leaked to 9to5Mac.best repair services

Apple has already added rudimentary support for the external mouse in iOS 13. This feature has the potential to change how people interact with the iPad Pro. However, the mouse support is not enabled by default and buried deep in the accessibility menu and you have to turn on the actual mouse support first, here are the steps you need to follow:

Open the Settings app
Go to Accessibility
Go to Touch, under the Physical and Motor section
Turn on the AssistiveTouch toggle
Go to Pointing Devices

At this point, you can connect your external mouse via USB or Bluetooth and you are all set. The first thing you ‘ll notice is that the cursor is huge, a semi-opaque circle with a dot in the middle. It mimics the finger on the screen with some advantage in tasks requiring precise positioning such as editing a text field or typing. If you ‘r thinking “That sounds like too many steps to enable something fundamental like mouse support”, you are probably not wrong. Hopefully, Apple is set to change this on the future versions of iOS and iPadOS.

If Apple ships the feature with the next generation of the operating system for iPad you can expect full support for external mice. A change that brings most of the cursor feature from Mac Desktop experience to iOS. For instance, the cursor will change from a standard pointer to the hand icon when you hover on a link. You could right-click on some elements, as well. As another difference, the mouse cursor will disappear after a few seconds if you don’t touch the mouse or trackball, a compromise for the touch-first operating system of iPad. It will reappear when you attempt to move the mouse again. On a Mac, the cursor also disappears when you start typing. Apple is working on Mac-like gestures like tap with two fingers for right-click. This feature is best explained in a YouTube post by 9to5Mac:

https://youtu.be/KlMMwqo-nHY

Multiple signs indicate Apple is going to develop a new smart keyboard for iPad. This keyboard will also include a trackball. So, Apple will able to transfer the trackball shortcuts to the iPad, tap to click, tap with two fingers to right-click, etc. This means that the users will be able to use their iPad Pro more like a Mac Laptop.

As the iOS and iPadOS share the same code-base, you might expect the cursor support on the iPhone too. The feature seems to be useful on bigger screens such as iPad Pro, therefore, you should not expect that the full mouse support would be available for the smaller screen of an iPhone soon. Anyway, you have the opportunity to connect your iPhone to an external monitor via USB port and lighting cable.

As it said,” In every rumour is always an atom of trust”. If the guesses become true, Apple will ship the full support for mouse and trackball cursors on iPadOS 14 and iOS 14. This a is a game-changing update that will change the way people do things on iPad Pro and considered as the last member of the series of upgrades aimed to bring metaphors from the Mac to the iPad world. to find the truth, we should wait until September 2010, the expected release date of iOS 14.