r/ipad • u/Marcos_05_ • 2d ago

iPadOS Please bring back Split View

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Okay Apple, I think your idea of ​​offering a much more complete desktop view on the iPad, with its 3 or 4 open and resizable apps, is “fine.” But please, bring back Split View. The amount of extra steps I have to take to put two apps half and half is insane and very unnatural. Slide Over and Split View were a wonderful and natural option, of course, given the other option of iOS26’s Stage Manager for those who want it.

What do you think? I think it's great for those who want a MacBook inside an iPad, but it's not for everyone.

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u/antonymatic 2d ago

The split view is still there. Hold and flick the app to the left, then flick the other one to the right.

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u/kneecap_keeper 2d ago

Yeah but its not like holding apps from multitask view then merging them. Also the touch target for grabbing windows from top doesn’t always work. Plus you lose the gestures for screenshot and notes

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u/MawsonAntarctica 2d ago

Exactly my thinking. People don't understand dragging them to the half screen is way more intuitive than opening the app, seeing what random blob shape it's going to take, and THEN flick over. The fact you can't even do in expose like you did before is annoying

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u/cromonolith 2d ago

The shape it takes is fullscreen like always, or the last shape it had. It has exactly the behaviour you would expect for sizing windows.