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Classic apple- hiding useful features behind very unintuitive gestures / controls. I never would've discovered this on my own.

Is this even documented in a user manual somewhere or is it just supposed to be spread by word of mouth?

My iphone has so many features that I didn't know existed until someone showed me how to swipe (last one I learned, 3 finger swipe for 'undo', useful when I accidentally delete some text)

Yes, it's documented. But I'm not defending Apple on this, found the link on Apple forums when googled for solution to why it's nearly impossible to edit URLs in Safari. Btw, very similar trick works on Android's Gboard keyboard too, though on Android you touch the space bar and need to move the finger immediately, as opposed to IOS where you touch, hold for a second and only then move the finger.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/type-and-edit-text-ip...

If you text “halp” to “stevej” (no quotes) in Messages app you will be subscribed to iOS tips.

This just blew my mind.