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ipadOS markup–can you move PDF page "scrollbar" to the left?

I'm using markup (ipadOS 14.7) with the Pencil 2 to annotate documents. Generally, this works great. But for long documents, the page "scrollbar" appears on the right side of the page and as a right-handed user, my hand is constantly changing pages when I put my hand on the iPad to write with the Pencil.


Is there any way to move the markup/PDF page "scrollbar" to the left? or hide it?


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Posted on Oct 13, 2021 1:29 AM

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Posted on Oct 13, 2021 2:45 AM

For iPadOS14.x, a simple tap (with a finger) in the main screen area will usually hide the PDF-sidebar that appears to the right of the screen - although the sidebar cannot be hidden in Markup mode.


This behaviour has changed in iPadOS15. The PDF-sidebar has been moved to left of the screen (now causing issues for left-handed users) - and, as a “bonus”, cannot now be hidden at all.

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Oct 13, 2021 2:45 AM in response to mixersoft

For iPadOS14.x, a simple tap (with a finger) in the main screen area will usually hide the PDF-sidebar that appears to the right of the screen - although the sidebar cannot be hidden in Markup mode.


This behaviour has changed in iPadOS15. The PDF-sidebar has been moved to left of the screen (now causing issues for left-handed users) - and, as a “bonus”, cannot now be hidden at all.

ipadOS markup–can you move PDF page "scrollbar" to the left?

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