Ugh - another update

[Virginia Routh]

Hi Smuggers. The latest update on iPad has mucked up the accessibility function. One of the great assets of the iPad has been the zoom function - I could tap on screen and enlarge an item. Now this useful function has gone. If I open the zoom function in Settings, the whole page is enlarged and there is no way I can see of making it smaller Therefore reading a paper online is infuriating because the back button is no longer visible because page is too large. Have one of you clever Smuggers discovered a way round this? I want to be able to zoom in and out using my fingers. Virginia

[Sam - MacAmbulance]

In which app are you zooming? Perhaps the app has a zoom feature so you don’t need to zoom the entire display?

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On 16 Mar 2026, at 12:18, Virginia Routh <virgini...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Smuggers.  The latest update on  iPad has mucked up the accessibility function.  One of the great assets of the iPad has been the zoom function - I could tap on screen and enlarge an item.  Now this useful function has gone.  If I open the zoom function in Settings, the whole page is enlarged and there is no way I can see of making it smaller Therefore reading a paper online is infuriating because the back button is no longer visible because page is too large.  Have one of you clever Smuggers discovered a way round this? I want to be able to zoom in and out using my fingers.    Virginia

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[Virginia Routh]

Mostly the Guardian.  But also my bank account.  I guess I can work around it BUT I wish Apple hadn’t messed it up!

On 16 Mar 2026, at 13:49, Sam - MacAmbulance <in...@macambulance.com> wrote:

In which app are you zooming? Perhaps the app has a zoom feature so you don’t need to zoom the entire display?

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[Stephen Watson]

Hello Virginia,

In Accessibility on iPadOS 26 there are quite a number of Zoom related settings. One is “Zoom Region” which on my iPad is set to Window Zoom. There is also a Zoom Controller. Perhaps Apple have re-arranged some of the settings and the things you want are still there but in one of these other sections. Apple Support may be able to help - the support app (free from the App Store) has an accessibility section and led me to an option where I could phone support.

There is an Accessibility testing community website forum that could help … if only I could remember their name! Doh! I may remember.

Regards,
Stephen

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> On 16 Mar 2026, at 12:19, Virginia Routh <virgini...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Smuggers. The latest update on iPad has mucked up the accessibility function. One of the great assets of the iPad has been the zoom function - I could tap on screen and enlarge an item. Now this useful function has gone. If I open the zoom function in Settings, the whole page is enlarged and there is no way I can see of making it smaller Therefore reading a paper online is infuriating because the back button is no longer visible because page is too large. Have one of you clever Smuggers discovered a way round this? I want to be able to zoom in and out using my fingers. Virginia

[Virginia Routh]

Excellent, Stephen. I shall follow your suggestions.

> On 16 Mar 2026, at 23:07, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group <sm...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Hello Virginia,

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