Accessibility - physical and motor
Touch Accommodations
Most people call this adjusting how the screen responds to your touch.
You can set how long a touch must last before it counts, ignore repeated touches, and choose whether the first or last place you touch is used.
This setting is present on your iPhone.
- We have this path on file but have not yet confirmed it against an official source.
Where to find it - iOS 13 and later
- Settings
- Accessibility
- Touch
- Touch Accommodations
What it does
Hold Duration requires a touch to be held before it registers. Ignore Repeat treats several quick touches as one. Tap Assistance decides whether an initial or final touch location is used when your finger moves.
What changes
When it is on
Touch input is filtered according to your settings.
When it is off
Every touch registers immediately as normal.
Should you turn it on?
Good reasons to turn it on
- Stops accidental taps from tremor.
- Makes dragging possible when a finger drifts.
Good reasons to turn it off
- The phone feels sluggish if hold duration is set high.
- Confusing for anyone else using the phone.
Battery
No real change
Privacy
No real change
Performance
No real change
Cellular data
No real change
Storage
No real change
Out of the box: Off.
Worth reading first
Questions people actually ask
- How do I stop accidental taps on my iPhone?
- Accessibility, then Touch, then Touch Accommodations, and turn on Hold Duration and Ignore Repeat.
If it is not working
- Set hold duration in small steps. Even a short value changes the feel considerably.
- Combine with a slow Haptic Touch duration for the most forgiving setup.