iPad Air M1 always starts in mirror mode instead of stage manager when connecting external display

[BearMue]

Hi,

Since a few days I have the problem that every time I connect my iPad Air M1 to my Mate View 28-inch monitor via USB-C I do not end up in Stage Manager mode, but in Mirror View. This was not the case before. I have to deactivate Mirror Mode in the settings every time. Then the Stage Manager is again on the external screen. However, YouTube videos continue to run in Mirror Mode. So, I cannot run a video on the iPad and work on the external monitor. That was possible before. In the control center, AirPlay is always active, I can't select any other Airplay destination than "Dock".

This currently happens every time I connect the iPad.
Do you have any ideas what is going wrong?

Regards Bear

 

[Ultracyclist]

Make sure the mouse and keyboard are connected before you connect to the external monitor.

At the office we work with iPads and external monitors and the co-workers having this issue are the ones that have not connected the the mouse and keyboard.

 

[BearMue]

Thanks for the tip. That really seems to have been it. I had a keyboard connected to either the Mac or the iPad via a switch. If I use a dedicated keyboard and trackpad for the iPad it works.