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Why is there no option to do a split screen top and bottom? It would be more useful for note taking while watching a lecture. The left and right is completely useless.

Why is there no option to do a split screen top and bottom? It would be more useful for note taking while watching a lecture. The left and right is completely useless.

iPad mini 4, iPadOS 14

Posted on Jul 17, 2022 5:09 PM

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Jul 18, 2022 7:11 AM in response to Chuck8877

While slide-over views are available in both Landscape and Portrait screen orientation, for reasons known only to Apple, Split-screen views are only available while using the iPad in Landscape.


The most likely reason for this limitation is that iPadOS split-screen views show adjacent App windows in the iPhone-native screen mode - this being a vertical “taller-than-wide” view designed for small screens.


Apple do invite submission of comments and feature requests via its Product Feedback portal. For iPad and iPadOS:

Feedback - iPad - Apple

Why is there no option to do a split screen top and bottom? It would be more useful for note taking while watching a lecture. The left and right is completely useless.

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