fyngyrz
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Q: Is there ANY way to turn off double-tap = zoom on iPad Safari?

My iPad is currently running iOS 9.2.1, and is a model ME406LL/A

 

I am having accessibility problems. I have very shaky hands. I am trying to use the iPad on web sites, and when I try to enter information, tapping on a button or a field, Safari interferes hugely by zooming the screen. I spend a very frustrating amount of time UN-zooming it and trying again.

 

I looked in the general settings accessibility, and in the Safari settings in the system settings, and I looked in Safari (which has almost no settings at all in the actual browser that I could find) and I was unable to find this capability. It seems like an obvious accessibility feature, OS X has it as far back as 10.6.8 for instance, you can completely control the double-click rate, so I know someone at Apple has thought this through... am I just missing something on the iPad? It sure wouldn't be the first time.

 

I do have an Android tablet that lets me use the web considerably more effectively until I can find an iPad solution, but I'd really just like to use my iPad sometimes. It's just so frustrating to use as it stands now.

 

Thanks for any pointers.

 

--Really hating on the zoom

--Ben

Macpro, MB Pro, various Minis, MB Air, iPods, Touches, iPads, Mac OS X (10.5.8), I also run linux, windows and android

Posted on Feb 2, 2016 11:11 PM

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Q: Is there ANY way to turn off double-tap = zoom on iPad Safari?

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  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Feb 2, 2016 11:19 PM in response to fyngyrz
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    Feb 2, 2016 11:19 PM in response to fyngyrz

    There is a new function in accessibility that might help. Go to settings> general> accessibilty> touch accomodations> on. Try ignore repeat, unfortunately I haven't been through all the choices to know what would work best for you.

  • by fyngyrz,

    fyngyrz fyngyrz Feb 3, 2016 9:38 AM in response to bobseufert
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    Feb 3, 2016 9:38 AM in response to bobseufert

    That's definitely where such a thing ought to be, I suppose, but no.  If I set it low, for instance .1 sec, it seems to act just as before. If I set it high, then instead of my shaky input being a double click, it's one, but it won't take another click from me for a while, but then when it does, it treats it as a double click and zooms the page again. I really need the whole double-click thing to go away. If I could set the double click time to be less than the touch accommodations time, I think that would work, but I don't see a way to set the double click time, either.

     

    I would like to just use pinch / unpinch to control zooming.

     

    Appreciate the idea.

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Feb 3, 2016 6:11 PM in response to fyngyrz
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    Feb 3, 2016 6:11 PM in response to fyngyrz

    You can adjust the home button click speed in settings> general> accessibility> home button.

    I'm not sure if that will help with the double tapping of the screen.

  • by fyngyrz,

    fyngyrz fyngyrz Feb 4, 2016 6:12 AM in response to bobseufert
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    Feb 4, 2016 6:12 AM in response to bobseufert

    No, doesn't have any effect.

     

    I think it's just something Apple failed to account for in terms of accessibility.

     

    Too bad they don't participate in these threads. Be nice to get an "oh yeah" or even a "take a hike" from them.

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Feb 4, 2016 2:46 PM in response to fyngyrz
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    Feb 4, 2016 2:46 PM in response to fyngyrz

    Here's the closest to their participation as we can get.

     

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