Split screen in Safari

John Hill

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Nov 14, 2016, 11:43:19 AM11/14/16

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According to a current Tip, "Open web pages side by side":

"Rotate iPad to landscape, then touch and hold a link and choose Open in
Split View. Swap the pages by swiping the tabs."

Except that on my iPad mini, I just don't see Open in Split View. All
the others are there (Open, Open in New Tab, Add to Reading List, Copy
and Share).

Am I doing something wrong, or does this only apply to full size iPads
and not to Minis?

J.

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nospam

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Nov 14, 2016, 11:51:43 AM11/14/16

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In article <1mwppu0.wfg01ch8sn82N%ne...@erewhon.invalid>, John Hill

<ne...@erewhon.invalid> wrote:

> According to a current Tip, "Open web pages side by side":
>
> "Rotate iPad to landscape, then touch and hold a link and choose Open in
> Split View. Swap the pages by swiping the tabs."
>
> Except that on my iPad mini, I just don't see Open in Split View. All
> the others are there (Open, Open in New Tab, Add to Reading List, Copy
> and Share).
>
> Am I doing something wrong, or does this only apply to full size iPads
> and not to Minis?

split view only works with the ipad pro, air 2 or mini 4 (or later).

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202070>

John Hill

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Nov 15, 2016, 12:22:47 PM11/15/16

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Thank you.

I suppose Apple are so keen it "keep it short and to the point" that
they don't mention these important facts...

nospam

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Nov 15, 2016, 12:37:04 PM11/15/16

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In article <1mwrmtp.1kvavge16qra27N%ne...@erewhon.invalid>, John Hill

<ne...@erewhon.invalid> wrote:

> > > According to a current Tip, "Open web pages side by side":
> > >
> > > "Rotate iPad to landscape, then touch and hold a link and choose Open in
> > > Split View. Swap the pages by swiping the tabs."
> > >
> > > Except that on my iPad mini, I just don't see Open in Split View. All
> > > the others are there (Open, Open in New Tab, Add to Reading List, Copy
> > > and Share).
> > >
> > > Am I doing something wrong, or does this only apply to full size iPads
> > > and not to Minis?
> >
> > split view only works with the ipad pro, air 2 or mini 4 (or later).
> >
> > <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202070>
>
> Thank you.
>
> I suppose Apple are so keen it "keep it short and to the point" that
> they don't mention these important facts...

apple mentioned it, not only in the above link, but at the product
intro and numerous other places.

Recliner

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Nov 15, 2016, 6:00:47 PM11/15/16

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When I touch the screen on the right and slide left, I get the News app on
my iPad Air 2. Is there a way of getting the split screen instead?

nospam

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Nov 15, 2016, 6:21:47 PM11/15/16

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In article
<2126017973.500943465.887575.recliner.ng-btinternet.com@news.eternal-sep

tember.org>, Recliner <recli...@btinternet.com> wrote:

> > split view only works with the ipad pro, air 2 or mini 4 (or later).
> >
> > <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202070>
> >
>
> When I touch the screen on the right and slide left, I get the News app on
> my iPad Air 2. Is there a way of getting the split screen instead?

you can run any two apps you want.

pull down from the top in the narrow view to get a list of apps, then
pull out to half/half.

Recliner

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Nov 15, 2016, 7:04:50 PM11/15/16

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Thanks, that worked.

Johnson

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Nov 16, 2016, 2:17:00 AM11/16/16

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Check out 'iPad User Guide for iOS10', free from iBooks store.
Pretty good, although it refers to a non-existant Compass app.

John Hill

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Nov 16, 2016, 1:47:39 PM11/16/16

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It's certainly in the link you provided, but I'm not sure what the product
intro is. Now I come to search the IOS 10 user guide for split view, it's
there too - I suppose I should have looked there first. But there's
certainly nothing in the Tips app. I saw that and thought "That's clever,
I'll try that" and found it didn't work :-(

J.