I am usually not bothered by updates and I consider myself a reasonably facile apple user, but this latest update is making me crazy. The removal of the ease with which you could use split screen, something I did all the time, is terrible and the three dots? please, too small and in most cases have added an extra step or two to most things I do. First time I’ve ever posted, so you can tell my level of aggravation is high.
iPad Pro
Start here with the excellent video intro:
Multitask on iPad with iPadOS 26 - Apple Support
iPadOS multitasking has received a significant makeover from that to which you may be accustomed in iPadOS 18.x and earlier - and may take a little time to learn and adjust your workflows. You would be well advised to review the official iPadOS User Guide and the many available online tutorials (such as YouTube) to become better acquainted with the new multitasking interface and associated gestures and controls.
Work with multiple windows at once on iPad - Apple Support
The three-dot multitasking button with which you are no doubt familiar from earlier versions of iPadOS has been replaced with the traffic-light button to access and control the revised window-based User Interface.
If you dislike the windowed environment, you can switch to using the basic Full-Screen App mode - but this disables all multitasking capabilities and hide the traffic-light controls; you will not be able to use split screen or slide-over modes with which you are likely familiar:
Settings > Multitasking & Gestures - select Full Screen Apps
I just want to say this is the stupidity. I should be able to multitask in full screen apps. I work for a school and to have access to guided access we are recommended to use full screen apps but then we can’t multi task. Fix it Apple.
All help on split screen appreciated.
