My mail screen shows a wide message sidebar which makes the message display much smaller than it should be. How do I expand the message to full screen or at least make it larger?
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The Mail sidebar in iPadOS 14 now occupies about one third of the screen width in the Landscape view - whereas earlier versions of iOS/iPadOS used to occupy about one quarter of the screen. This is not configurable.
Apple do invite constructive feedback, comment and feature requests via the product feedback pages:
The Mail sidebar in iPadOS 14 now occupies about one third of the screen width in the Landscape view - whereas earlier versions of iOS/iPadOS used to occupy about one quarter of the screen. This is not configurable.
Apple do invite constructive feedback, comment and feature requests via the product feedback pages:
This is my issue. There is an item in the users guide under apps>mail>view mail that reads
“Show the whole email
In the list of emails, tap the one you want to read.”
This shows a miniaturized email next to the wide email list. I found a way to view the entire email full screen but it involves two steps.
First I press and hold the preview while dragging to the side and creating a split.
Next I slide the divider to eliminate the preview side of the split. This opens the full screen email.
Hey wrigjef,
We understand you want to manage the sidebar and size while using the Mail app. We'll be here to help with some suggestions.
This will go over how to manage size, and adjust what you see.
Let us know if this helps.
Cheers.
The instructions to tap on a message in order to view the entire email does not work. Alternatively I’d like to shrink the width of the sidebar so I can see more of the message.
Since the latest upgrade I have to zoom in on the body of an email and move it around in order to read it. I can’t imagine that’s how Apple intended.
I’ve seen instructions indicating that you can tap on an email preview and it becomes full screen. Is this accurate and if so how do I get this feature to work?
Simply drag the Mail preview window to the top-centre of the screen. This will open the email as a full screen window.
You can transform the preview window into either a slide-over, split view or full screen by using standard multitasking gestures.
Touch and hold the preview window, then drag to the centre-top edge of the screen to open as new full screen window - or to the left or right screen for Slide-over or Split View.
You may find these overview Apple video guides to be helpful:
After viewing, you’ll be ready for the additional Multitasking Guide:
Use Multitasking on your iPad - Apple Support
The iPad User Guide for iPadOS is also a rich source of information. Here are links to both the downloadable and online versions of the Guide:
iPad User Guide on Apple Books
iPad User Guide - Apple Support
I hope this explanation and additional information is helpful in resolving any difficulties you may be having with Multitasking features of your iPad.
My Mail on iPad screen shows a wide message sidebar
