Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Adjust Tap and Hold Delay in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

When you use your Samsung Galaxy S5, it sometimes requires you to tap and hold the screen to open up contextual menus or trigger another actions. By default, this phone sets the duration of long press to a short delay or 0.5 seconds. This short delay sometimes brings difficulty for some users especially for those who have motor difficulties since it will be hard for them to differentiate between a quick and long press. Luckily, Samsung Galaxy S5 has an accessibility feature named tap and hold delay which will let you adjust the recognition time for long press so that you can control or set how long the device should delay before opening contextual menus or trigger another actions.

How to adjust the tap and hold delay?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Personalisation section and then tap Accessibility .
3. Tap Dexterity and interaction.
4. Tap Tap and hold delay and then select from the following options:
• Short (0.5 seconds)
• Medium (1.0 second)
• Long (1.5 seconds)
• Custom: choose this option if you want to set your own tap and hold delay. You just need to tap and hold your finger within the provided box and then release after the desired length of time. Once done, tap Save button to save your customized tap and hold delay.
5. The tap and hold delay has been adjusted.