iPad Screen Checker

Desktop Layout on Touch

• •Hover-only dropdown navigation with no tap alternative on iPad
• •Tooltip content only accessible on hover, invisible to iPad users
• •Small click targets designed for mouse precision, unusable with touch
• •Drag interactions without touch event equivalents

Split View Problems

• •Layouts that break at non-standard widths triggered by Split View
• •Fixed-width sidebar that collapses entire layout in Split View mode
• •Navigation that doesn't adapt to narrow Split View widths
• •Tables and data grids that overflow without horizontal scroll in Split View

Orientation and Size

• •Landscape layout that doesn't utilize the extra horizontal space effectively
• •Portrait layout with excessively wide content requiring horizontal scroll
• •Missing breakpoints between iPad Mini (768px) and iPad Pro (1024px)
• •Font sizes optimized for desktop that are too small at iPad distances

Add Touch Alternatives for Hover Navigation

Since iPadOS Safari requests desktop sites, your hover-dependent navigation must also work on touch. Add click/tap handling alongside hover:

/* CSS: Show dropdown on focus for keyboard/touch */
.nav-item:focus-within .dropdown {
  display: block;
}

/* JS: Toggle dropdown on tap for iPad */
document.querySelectorAll('.nav-item').forEach(item => {
  item.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
    const dropdown = item.querySelector('.dropdown');
    if (dropdown) {
      e.preventDefault();
      dropdown.classList.toggle('open');
    }
  });
});

/* Or use @media (hover: none) to detect touch devices */
@media (hover: none) {
  .dropdown {
    /* Always show on touch devices */
    position: static;
    display: block;
  }
}

Handle Split View Breakpoints

Add breakpoints that handle the intermediate widths iPad Split View creates:

/* Standard breakpoints */
@media (max-width: 768px) { /* Mobile */ }
@media (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 1024px) { /* Tablet */ }

/* Add Split View aware breakpoints */
/* iPad Pro in 50% Split View = ~512px */
@media (min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 560px) {
  .sidebar { display: none; }
  .main-content { width: 100%; }
}

/* iPad Air in 50% Split View = ~410px */
@media (max-width: 430px) {
  /* Treat like mobile */
  .grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}

Detect Touch Capability for iPad

Use CSS media queries to detect hover capability and adjust interactions for touch-primary devices like iPad:

/* Apply hover styles only to true pointer devices */
@media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) {
  .card:hover {
    transform: translateY(-4px);
    box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);
  }

  .dropdown:hover .menu {
    display: block;
  }
}

/* Touch-specific styles for iPad */
@media (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) {
  .card {
    /* Always show "active" state without hover */
    border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
  }

  button {
    /* Larger touch targets */
    min-height: 48px;
    padding: 12px 20px;
  }
}