Code to move the cursor in a UITextView with a pan.

gistfile1.m

- (void)panHappend:(UIPanGestureRecognizer*)sender 
{
  if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) 
  {
    self.startRange = self.postTextView.selectedRange;
  }
    
  NSRange selectedRange = {MAX(self.startRange.location+(NSInteger)([sender translationInView:self.view].x/8.0f), 0), 0};
  self.postTextView.selectedRange = selectedRange;
}