See Hover Text on iPad

With Hover Text, you can move the pointer over something on the screen—for example, text, a menu item, or a button—to see a larger version in a separate window.

To use Hover Text, you need a pointing device such as a mouse or trackpad. On iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), you can also use Apple Pencil (2nd generation) as the pointing device. To use Hover Text with the activation modifier, you also need a connected keyboard.

Set up Hover Text

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Hover Text.
Customize any of the following:
- Display mode: Choose where to show the Hover Text window—inline (near the cursor), at top of the screen, or at the bottom of the screen.
- Scrolling speed: Choose a slower or faster scrolling speed for long text descriptions.
- Appearance: Choose the font, size, text color, insertion point color, background color, and border color of the Hover Text window.
- Activation modifier and lock: (connected keyboard required) Choose the Control key (the default), Option key, or Command key as the activation modifier, which you press to activate Hover Text. To keep Hover Text activated when you triple-press the activation modifier key, turn on Activation Lock.

Turn Hover Text on or off

Do any of the following:

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Hover Text.
If you’ve set up Accessibility Shortcut, triple-click the Home button or top button (depending on your iPad model).

Use Hover Text

Move the pointer over something you want to see more clearly.
To see a larger version of text as you’re typing, move the pointer over the text entry field.
If you have a connected keyboard, press and hold the activation modifier key to activate Hover Text. (It’s automatically activated if you don’t have a connected keyboard.)

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iPad User Guide

See Hover Text on iPad

Set up Hover Text

Turn Hover Text on or off

Use Hover Text