Inconsistent Swiping Direction on Toggle Menus

[jfeathe]

In Safari with tabs on top, the toggle to switch between the Start Page and Private Browsing makes sense - you swipe your finger to the right to get to the option on the left.

In Photos however, it's flipped. You swipe your finger to the right to get to the options on the right. It's very unintuitive and almost seems to be a mistake.

What does everyone think?

 

[chabig]

I don't understand which control you're talking about. Please post some screenshots. Everything on my iPad seems consistent. Also, I don't have any swipe controls for switching between the Safari start page and private browsing. I have a button.

 

[jfeathe]

These are the two toggle twitches I’m referencing above. I’m on iPhone 12 Pro and specifically using the “Top” tab view option in Safari.

To scroll between the options on these two toggles, you have to swipe your finger in opposite directions. It’s a small thing but I found it very puzzling why they’d act differently.

 

[chabig]

I thought you were talking about iPad. I haven’t installed any betas on my phone so I cannot comment.

 

[chabig]

In Photos however, it's flipped.

You mentioned Photos, but you posted a screenshot from the Camera. On iPad, the sidebar controls seem to be consistently on the upper left. Camera doesn't really have a sidebar, so I don't think it's inconsistent to have a different control.

 

[tim_apple]

Yes it is inconsistent. The camera app seems backwards, it doesn’t do what I expect. I suspect it will be reverted in the next beta to “normal” behavior.

 

[jfeathe]

You mentioned Photos, but you posted a screenshot from the Camera. On iPad, the sidebar controls seem to be consistently on the upper left. Camera doesn't really have a sidebar, so I don't think it's inconsistent to have a different control.

My apologies. I meant the Camera app and this is just on iPhone.

Now that I’ve studied iOS26 a little more, I’ve noticed more instances of toggles acting like the one in the Camera app as opposed to Safari. I think Apple intends for there to be a little glass bubble on top of the options that you tap and drag right or left to get to your intended option. So I think Safari is the app with the abnormal behavior.