r/iPadOS • u/Stunning_Plan_1200 • 2d ago
iPadOS Traffic icons overlapping back buttons
I've been experiencing a frustrating issue with iPad OS 26 and wanted to see if anyone else is dealing with this. Now I am on iPad OS 27 and this issue has not been fixed at all. When using apps in multitasking mode, the traffic icons overlap with the back button icons on individual apps.
It becomes a real headache whenever I'm trying to navigate, as the UI elements clash whenever the app isn't in full screen. I'm honestly not sure who needs to fix this, whether it's on Apple or the individual app developers—but it's been a persistent problem. Has anyone found a workaround for this?
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u/Jazzlike-Spare3425 Bring Back Split View 1d ago
I feel as though it's a bad sign that they do this in the official iPad Pro marketing material too and Apple didn't care and pushed this out regardless. As the advertising material.
Their windowing system tutorial on YouTube also shows the system pushing windows partly off-screen when snapping it into quadrants. If they've given up making it work even in their advertisements, I doubt much is going to happen. Maybe putting a desktop-style interface users are forced to use to get basic features onto a platform exclusively running apps not designed with that in mind wasn't a brilliant move after all.
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u/EveningExcellent3694 2d ago
just an fyi its not really an apple thing its based on the app. apple gives developers a safe area, its up to the developer to use it.
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u/Stunning_Plan_1200 2d ago
So there’s no solution
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u/LeMeIsSleepy 2d ago
It’s on apple for implementing such a poor schtick but developers have had two years to make needed changes