How to Access Control Center and Home Screen in iOS 12 With the iPad's New Gestures

[kstotlani]

You can swipe from the right in an app, so you don't need to go to the Home screen first. Then you just swipe back up to close it. Same as iPhone X.

Edit: All of these gestures are actually pretty intuitive and simple, so if anything it's an improvement. But it is a bit of an adjustment to swipe to exit out of an app.

Not trolling but I have to disagree with you on the intuitive part. If it was intuitive then you wouldn’t need to explain it to anyone. Some gestures like double tap, pinch to zoom are intuitive but swiping down specifically from the right is too specific. Even with the iPhone X the bar below makes it a little intuitive but swiping from the left or right is a matter of getting used to. I think once you are used to it then it is all muscle memory.
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Oh come on. It’s not changing again in 18 months. And even if it does, adapt?

At the end of the day, our devices do way more than they used to. It’s not possible for every feature to be as “obvious” for the end user as it used to be, because there’s so much more to them! That’s fine because we as users can evolve with our devices.

Just embrace it. You’ll find these changes make a lot of sense, especially Control Center which is now so much simpler to invoke.

This used to be the core difference between iOS and Android or Apple and other companies. It’s not about how much your phone can do. It’s about whatever it can do, can it do it right, easy to understand and just simply works. Android has always been feature rich but it was confusing as the features were introduced without judging how difficult it would be to understand.

Of course a lot of people will adapt because they can but you forget that iPads are used by senior citizens a lot more. There is one Alzheimer story in this thread and Apple should really rethink considering how much they try to do for the differently abled.

 

[beanbaguk]

Going by all the comments, I'm really glad it was just me. I initially thought it was a bug in iOS when I wasn't able to pull up the control centre. Then I realised the "split" top bar and thought something had changed but couldn't work out how to get back the old features.

As others have said, iOS devices used to be completely intuitive. To the point that a toddler could pick up a device and just use it.

Now there are so many swipes, double taps, gestures and goodness knows what, Apple are in danger of overcomplicating iOS and making it unusable without tuition. This is exactly what the "old" Apple would have never have allowed.

Maybe we want all these features, but removing the home button is still dreadful IMHO.

 

[macduke]

One's a 12.9-inch iPad Pro, the other is a 9.7-inch iPad Pro. My 10.5-inch is the one running iOS 12. The screenshots that were originally in my post came from the 12.9-inch model (first gen) running the latest version of iOS 11, it wouldn't do the three active apps thing. I'm wondering if you're right and it's maybe something expanded to additional models in iOS 12.

Thanks for the update. That is very odd indeed. You'd think it would be more of a RAM thing than a processor thing, which is the biggest difference. I even thought I remember Apple showing this off in iOS 11 keynote, but maybe it was only on the 10.5" and new 12.9" models. I at least remember seeing it shown off in the betas in some YouTube video but maybe those people were also running new devices. I was running the beta on my new 10.5" from launch day so I'm just used to it by now.

 

[Yebubbleman]

I'm never a fan of Control Center changes (and I never understand why they keep messing with it when it got perfected in iOS 9), but I'm a fan of it moving to the upper right corner. It's the one iPhone X inspired move that makes a crapton of usability sense. Swiping from the bottom, especially when there's a dock and especially when (on an iPhone or iPod touch) you'll accidentally hit one of the apps, especially depending on the case or screen protector installed, is a pain.

 

[one more]

I’m so glad the gestures have changed to match iPhone X. Going back and forth from my iPhone X to iPad Pro is always a bit annoying. No more!

To make it even more awesome, they could have unified the gestures, say accessing the control center from the top-right corner, across the whole range of devices, starting from iPhone 5S. Else it becomes confusing.

 

[The Game 161]

Pretty obvious now that home button is gone on next iPads..

 

[ElZamo92]

So far I’m enjoying iOS 12, mainly because of the noticeable improvement in performance, but it is a pain to relearn all these little things that Apple changed for no good reason.

 

[LynBee]

My friend with Parkinson's really struggles with all these swipe and press swipe gestutures. Fortunately he can still operate the home button most of the time. I feel sorry for those who will not have a home button on future devices.

Agree, people with limited use of fingers due to arthritis and other similar diseases will find the lack of buttons very difficult.

 

[Cobelloy]

Apple in iOS 11 revamped the iPad's interface and changed the way we interact with the tablet through a new Dock, a revamped App Switcher, and Drag and Drop, and with iOS 12, further iPad changes have been implemented.

There are new gestures to learn for accessing the Home screen, App Switcher, and the Control Center, along with a new status bar.

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The new iPad gestures are identical to the gestures on the iPhone XS, with Apple preparing us for the elimination of the Home button in future iPad models. Rumors suggest upcoming iPad Pro models will feature a TrueDepth camera system and Face ID rather than a traditional Touch ID Home button.

If you use an iPhone X, XS, or XR, the new iPad gestures will be familiar to you, but if you don't, it could take a bit of time to get used to.

Dock Changes: Getting to the Home Screen and App Switcher

In iOS 11, when you wanted to access the Home screen from within an app, you would press the Touch ID Home button. That's still true, but you can also now get to the Home screen when you swipe up from the bottom of the display, as demoed in the video above.

When in an app, swiping up from the bottom of the screen takes you right to the Home screen rather than just bringing up the iPad Dock within an app.

The iPad's Home screen. Get here with one quick swipe on the Dock.​

To get to the Dock to open more than one app for multitasking purposes, you need to do a swipe and a slight hold hold rather than just a swipe at the bottom inch of the screen while you have an app open already.

The iPad Dock in an app. A quick swipe brings you to the Home screen, but a swipe and a hold brings up the Dock in an app.​

If you swipe and hold a bit higher on the screen, you can access the App Switcher on the iPad for quickly swapping between apps or closing apps, which is done with a swipe upwards on an app card. This gesture works both within apps and at the Home screen.

The iOS 12 iPad App Switcher, accessible with a longer swipe and hold on the Dock, either at the Home screen or within an app.​

Getting to Control Center

Control Center in iOS 11 was paired with the App Switcher and was accessible by swiping up on the Dock, but that gesture now opens the App Switcher alone without providing access to Control Center.

Getting to Control Center is now done by swiping downwards from the right portion of the status bar, where it displays your battery life and Wi-Fi/Cellular connection.

All other gestures on the iPad remain the same, such as a swipe downwards from the top middle of the display to bring up your notifications and a swipe to the right to get to the Today section for widget access, but there are other iPad improvements worth noting in iOS 12.

iPad Status Bar

The iPad's status bar has been redesigned in iOS 12, and it now resembles the status bar of the iPhone XS. The date and time are listed on the left hand side of the status bar, while battery life and Wi-Fi/Cellular signal and connection are displayed on the right hand side.

The middle of the display, where the date was previously shown, is left open, perhaps for a future notch. Prior to iOS 12, the iPad's status bar did not show the date, so that's also a new addition.

Spacebar Trackpad

When typing on the iPad, if you press and hold with one finger on the space bar, it turns the keyboard into a trackpad to make it easier to navigate through a document and move the cursor.

This is a feature that has been available on iPhones with 3D Touch and on the iPad with two fingers, but in iOS 12, it's simpler to use. A two finger touch also continues to work.

Article Link: How to Access Control Center and Home Screen in iOS 12 With the iPad's New Gestures

[doublepost=1539944767][/doublepost]Repeatedly using the word “intuitive” doesn’t make it intuitive, not only did I have to google how to access the control centre while we was being blinded by my screen in iOS 12 (which I am unable to roll back) but the update also broke my Bluetooth too (widely experienced according to google), I can no longer pair with my headphones or speaker which both worked without issue in iOS 11 (and continue to pair without issue with my android phone). I think maybe you need to turn down the rose tinting on your beer goggles a little when you are reviewing new iOS updates.