Locking the Display on iPhone 14 Pro Max with a VoiceOver Gesture, not the Power Button: A Great Solution for Southpaws Like Me

[M. Taylor]

Hi All,

I my beloved 8 Plus, I had the display set to automatically lock after 30
seconds.

On the 14, with Face ID enabled, I find it more practical to set the auto
lock to 1 minute.

However, as I become more and more proficient with both the physical device
and the OS, rarely do I need the extra time afforded by the longer display
time.

As a result, I prefer to lock the display, manually, by using the phone's
power button, located on the right side of the device.

I always hold the phone in my left hand.

Given that I am a southpaw, along with the native physical size of the Pro
Max, increased by the addition of the folio case, and using the power button
to lock the display becomes less streamline than on a smaller device. In
short, pressing the power button, in the case, takes more effort than I
expected.

The solution for me? I set a VoiceOver gesture command, a 4-finger single
tap, to lock the display.

Using this command means that I no longer have to locate the power button
with a finger on my right hand and press it in order to lock the display.

I am posting this to remind everyone that if you feel that you may want to
increase any given task on iPhone, check to see if there is a solution in
the VoiceOver gesture commands area of accessability.

Mark

[Mohamed Fayed]

Hi,

My solution to prevent the usage of power button at all is to use back tap feature on my iPhone 10s.

In settings > accessibility > touch > back tap, turn it on.

For double tap, it turns the screen off, and for triple tap, it toggles Siri (you may also open Google Assistant that way).

I can reach the iPhone’s power button, but tapping the back of the iPhone with a finger is easier to me.

Regards,

Mohamed E. Fayed

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[M. Taylor]

Hello Mohamed ,

I like your configuration.

I use the triple back tap to invert the colors. I use the double back tap to return to the home screen.

It is interesting to learn how different people use the commands. Bravo to Apple for giving us some choices.

Mark

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[Chris Chaffin]

Yes Mark I agree, the commands area of the Voiceover settings is something that I think many people forget about, and even might not know about. And it is such a powerful tool.

Myself, even though I can do the gestures to go home and bring up the app switcher, I wanted something easier and quicker. So I assigned the two finger swipe left to go home, and the two finger swipe right to bring up the app switcher. Anything we can do to help us do anything easier and / or quicker is always a good thing.

Chris


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> Hi All,

[Carolyn Arnold]

What did you do to set up the gestures for two fingers left, Home and two right, App Switcher?

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[Christopher Chaltain]

Sorry if this has already been answered, but you can do this by going into voiceOver -> Settings -> Commands -> touch Gestures. Go down to the two finger swipe section and double tap on either two finger swipe left or two finger swipe right and double tap on the command you want executed with this gesture.

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