# Magnifying glass for text selection in DTTG!

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/magnifying-glass-for-text-selection-in-dttg/52741>\
**Category:** DEVONthink To Go\
**Created:** [December 28, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/magnifying-glass-for-text-selection-in-dttg/52741 "2019-12-28T18:57:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/magnifying-glass-for-text-selection-in-dttg/52741/1 "2019-12-28T18:57:25Z")

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DTTG is _horribly_ prone to crashing and/or locking-up when trying to create or edit an .rtf note, but I’m intrigued to see the **text-selection magnifying glass there** , as in days of yore. Is this standard iOS api stuff or DT proprietary shoe-horning? I have been _so_ missing it since iOS 13 stupidly got rid of it.

Unfortunately, however, the moment you _do_ use it, it all goes south: tap ‘select’, there are no selection handles, so you can’t actually do anything, really - it locks up with just about any operation. But the idea is good!

I do hope DTTG gets rid of these awful rtf bugs. Then I can stop indexing my Keep It folder in DT3 for anything ‘portable’.

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**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/magnifying-glass-for-text-selection-in-dttg/52741/2 "2019-12-29T17:15:17Z")

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iOS Development would haev to comment on the re-appearance of the magnifying glass.

PS: It is well known that rich text is **not** a mobile-native format, so third-party frameworks have to be employed to support them. The next major version of DEVONthink To Go will be focused on better text editing.