Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Enable and Use Cursor Control Feature in Samsung Keyboard in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

If you have difficulty to manually move the text cursor when reviewing or editing a long text you have written, you can act the Samsung keyboard in your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge as a text cursor controller by enabling the cursor control feature so you can easily move the cursor within the text field simply by sliding your finger across the keyboard.


How to enable the cursor control feature in the Samsung keyboard?
Assuming that the predictive text feature is enabled, you can turn on the cursor control feature in the Samsung keyboard 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 at the top right to go to the settings menu.
   
   
2. Scroll down to the screen to find Language and input and then tap it.
   
   
3. Tap Samsung keyboard.
   
   

   Alternatively, when you're entering text, you can quickly go to the Samsung keyboard settings by long tapping the key in the left side of the space bar and then tap .

4. Scroll down the screen, tap Keyboard swipe and then select Cursor control to enable it.
   
   
5. The cursor control feature has been enabled.

How to use the cursor control feature in the Samsung keyboard?
See the following steps as the example of using this feature when reviewing a long text with the Samsung qwerty keyboard:

1. Go to the screen or app where you can use the keyboard to enter text, e.g., when reviewing a text memo in the Memo app.
2. Slide your finger to the desired direction across the keyboard to easily move the text cursor within the text field. As the example, slide your finger upwards across the keyboard to move the text cursor to the top, or slide your finger to the right across the keyboard to move the text cursor to the right.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Enable and Use Continuous Input Feature in Samsung Keyboard in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

When the predictive text feature in the Samsung keyboard in your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is enabled, some features will be available to help you type faster, one of which is the continuous input feature which will let you easily enter text by sliding your finger across the keyboard. You can use this feature to speed up the way you enter text since you don't have to lift your finger to tap key by key on the keyboard to write a word.


How to enable the continuous input feature in the Samsung keyboard?
Assuming that the predictive text feature is enabled, you can turn on the continuous input feature in the Samsung keyboard 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 at the top right to go to the settings menu.
   
   
2. Scroll down to the screen to find Language and input and then tap it.
   
   
3. Tap Samsung keyboard.
   
   

   Alternatively, when you're entering text, you can quickly go to the Samsung keyboard settings by long tapping the key in the left side of the space bar and then tap .

4. Scroll down the screen, tap Keyboard swipe and then select Continuous input to enable it.
   
   
5. The continuous input feature has been enabled.

How to use the continuous input feature in the Samsung keyboard?
See the following steps as the example of using this feature when entering text with the Samsung qwerty keyboard:

1. Go to the screen or app where you can enter text, e.g., when composing a new text message in the Messages app.
2. Enter the required word by sliding your finger across the required keys on the keyboard. As the example, if you want to enter text "inside" then you have to slide your finger across the letter "i" to "n" to "s" to "i" to "d" to "e" continuously without lifting your finger. If the auto spacing feature is enabled, your phone will automatically insert a space when you swipe your keyboard to type the next word.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Enable and Use Auto Punctuate Feature in Samsung Keyboard in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

The default Samsung keyboard in your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge comes with some features that are designed to help you type faster, one of which is the auto punctuate feature. When this feature is enabled, you can easily insert a full stop followed by a space in the end of a sentence by tapping the space bar twice.


How to enable or disable the auto punctuate feature in the Samsung keyboard?
You can turn on or off this feature 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 at the top right to go to the settings menu.
   
   
2. Scroll down to the screen to find Language and input and then tap it.
   
   
3. Tap Samsung keyboard.
   
   

   Alternatively, when you're entering text, you can quickly go to the Samsung keyboard settings by long tapping the key in the left side of the space bar and then tap .

4. Scroll down the screen and then tap the ON/OFF switch next to Auto punctuate to enable or disable it. When the switch turns , means the auto punctuate feature is enabled.
   
   

How to use the auto punctuate feature in the Samsung keyboard?
See the following steps as the example of using this feature when entering text with the Samsung qwerty keyboard:

1. Go to the screen or app where you can enter text, e.g., when composing a new text message in the Messages app.
2. Write a sentence and then finish it by tapping the space bar twice to automatically insert a full stop followed by a space so you can directly write the next sentence. When the auto capitalise feature is enabled, your phone will enable the caps lock key so the first letter of the next sentence will be capitalised automatically.