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Q: IOS 10 iPad email next/previous message button gone

After upgrading to IOS 10, when using e-mail on the iPad, the next and previous message buttons are missing. They still show up on the iPhone.

 

Is there any way to have them show up on an iPad? It's a pain to always have to go back to the message list to go to the next message.

 

I know that in landscape mode, this is not an issue, but when reading e-mails in portrait mode I'm really missing it.

iPad Mini, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 14, 2016 1:19 PM

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  • by capt601,

    capt601 capt601 Sep 15, 2016 6:12 AM in response to taotek
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    Sep 15, 2016 6:12 AM in response to taotek

    Same question here. Not sure why they would remove these buttons. I see most people using them mail app in portrait mode.

  • by jfgarciamex,

    jfgarciamex jfgarciamex Sep 15, 2016 11:39 AM in response to taotek
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    Sep 15, 2016 11:39 AM in response to taotek

    Same here... missing on all my ipads!

  • by Grams7429,

    Grams7429 Grams7429 Sep 15, 2016 7:22 PM in response to taotek
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    Sep 15, 2016 7:22 PM in response to taotek

    Hopefully they will out back. What a pain to navigate. What were they thinking ?

  • by Skydiver119,

    Skydiver119 Skydiver119 Sep 15, 2016 7:25 PM in response to taotek
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    Sep 15, 2016 7:25 PM in response to taotek

    Apple does what Apple does...for better or worse.

     

    You can let them know how you feel about the change with the link below. They won't answer but your opinions will at least be logged and read

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/

  • by KentGoldings,

    KentGoldings KentGoldings Sep 18, 2016 8:12 AM in response to taotek
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    Sep 18, 2016 8:12 AM in response to taotek

    I suppose most of the folks at Apple use their iPads horizontally, but most people I know use it vertically 95% of the time, including in Mail. This was a very shortsighted change IMHO.

  • by pshute,

    pshute pshute Sep 18, 2016 1:31 PM in response to taotek
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    Sep 18, 2016 1:31 PM in response to taotek

    It took me 5 days to notice, so I mustn't use this very often, but I reached for it when I needed it. I wonder why they even thought to remove them. There isn't some replacement gesture we don't know about?

     

    Do you all know you can at least swipe right to get back to the message list?

     

    I have my ipad locked in portrait mode, otherwise it's impossible to use lying on my side in bed.

  • by PierUK,

    PierUK PierUK Sep 18, 2016 1:46 PM in response to taotek
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    Sep 18, 2016 1:46 PM in response to taotek

    Same here, it's really annoying.

  • by PeterK44,

    PeterK44 PeterK44 Sep 18, 2016 7:14 PM in response to taotek
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    Sep 18, 2016 7:14 PM in response to taotek

    The next and previous email buttons have disappeared from my 4th gen iPad, too.

  • by PeterK44,

    PeterK44 PeterK44 Sep 23, 2016 7:26 PM in response to PeterK44
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    Sep 23, 2016 7:26 PM in response to PeterK44

    Not fixed in iOS 10.0.2.

  • by Larl1,

    Larl1 Larl1 Sep 25, 2016 10:52 AM in response to taotek
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    Sep 25, 2016 10:52 AM in response to taotek

    WWhen in portrait mode on a message, slide the inbox into view by placing a finger in the left margin and slide right. This brings the inbox into view.  It works similar to the right margin slide to view apple app icons.  It seems a bit odd that apple didn't call out such changes in their own documentation of release "improvements".  I searched everywhere for the answer only to stumble upon it!

     

    hope this helps!

  • by KentGoldings,

    KentGoldings KentGoldings Sep 25, 2016 11:08 AM in response to Larl1
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    Sep 25, 2016 11:08 AM in response to Larl1

    Larl1 and pshute both mentioned this workaround, and it certainly helps.

    But I think what many of us are saying is that we would rather not give up the screen real estate for the list of messages. We would rather simply use previous/next arrows to move from the message we're reading to the next or last one.

     

    Since it works that way on the iPhone, I see no reason why they took it away on the iPad.

  • by PierUK,Helpful

    PierUK PierUK Sep 25, 2016 1:27 PM in response to Larl1
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    Sep 25, 2016 1:27 PM in response to Larl1

    Hi, it does help but, as KentGoldings mentions, the arrows are present on the iPhone and I rarely use mail in landscape mode. I think Apple just forgot them hence the "improvement" not being mentioned. Thanks for your post though

  • by taotek,

    taotek taotek Sep 25, 2016 1:32 PM in response to KentGoldings
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    Sep 25, 2016 1:32 PM in response to KentGoldings

    Exactly. Sliding the inbox in from the side is helpful, but just having an arrow to go forward and backward would be so much better. It is there in the iPhone so I don't see why it can't be there on the iPad. I don't think this is simply an oversite, I think someone at Apple just decided it wasn't necessary. This seems very short sighted to me and would really love to have the functionality back!