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What are the different ways to enter split screen in Safari?
My mom is kind of old and she often accidentally enters split screen. One way is to press and hold a link, and then slide to the edge. It's hard to believe she does that accidentally.
Is there another way to start split screen??
I know how to get out of it: touch and hold the divider and then slide to the edge.
"All you have to do is accidentally drag a link in Safari, instead of just tapping on it, and you end up with a split-screen view, with that link in its own window. And getting rid of that window is a huge pain, even if you know how to do it."
What are the different ways to enter split screen in Safari?
My mom is kind of old and she often accidentally enters split screen. One way is to press and hold a link, and then slide to the edge. It's hard to believe she does that accidentally.
Is there another way to start split screen??
I know how to get out of it: touch and hold the divider and then slide to the edge.
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iPadOS 15 makes 'discovering' and using Split View easier.
You can also do it accidentally by dragging an image to the side. I do that’s accidentally all of the time. I’ll be scrolling and not realize how my finger is touching th screen and before i realize it, i dragged an image, or a graphic enough to open a new window, either in a split screen, or a slide over window. It’s frustrating sometimes how easy it is to do it when you don’t want to.
If you have two Safari windows open, and one is fullscreen and one is Slide Over view - how can you display just the fullscreen one and hide the slide over view? (Slide Over view is a tall and skinny copy of the browser.)
I saw you can drag the Slide Over off the edge, but when I do that, the Slide Over window just changes to a different web page.
You can press "..." on the Slide Over and then select Full View but that makes the Slide Over window into the main window.
I can't get rid of the Slide Over window in one step.
Settings - there is supposed to be a Setting called Multitasking but I don't see it.
If you have two Safari windows open, and one is fullscreen and one is Slide Over view - how can you display just the fullscreen one and hide the slide over view? (Slide Over view is a tall and skinny copy of the browser.)
I saw you can drag the Slide Over off the edge, but when I do that, the Slide Over window just changes to a different web page.
You can press "..." on the Slide Over and then select Full View but that makes the Slide Over window into the main window.
I can't get rid of the Slide Over window in one step.
Settings - there is supposed to be a Setting called Multitasking but I don't see it.
There are several things you can do that may or may not answer your question. Long-press the safari icon down on the app bar. Means, put your finger on it and hold it. In a second or so, a menu pops up. Click show all windows. You can see ast the bottom what Safari windows are open (not tabs), switch to that window or close it.
To close a slide-over, not just drag it off screen, which you can do, is to touch the line at the bottom and drag the slide over to the middle and up at the same time. The slide over will change and then you can swipe it up to close it.
You can also swipe up from the bottom center of the screen to get to the app switcher. You should see any slide over windows on there and be able to close it.
Those are off they top of my head. If that doesn’t help let me know.
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