For those who use keyboard with iPad, how do I stop command tab landing on 'window controls' each time?

By Oliver, 18 October, 2025

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iOS and iPadOS

Hey!

So, I decided to dig out my iPad mini and my Satechi Slim keyboard and have a play. I'm pleasantly surprised by how nice it is to use, for simple stuff at least. It does seem to be more stable than it once was with voiceover.

The issue I'm having is that when I commmand tab between apps, it seems to land on something called window control which I think is a way of manipulating the window... Dh... Makes sense. It's just really annoying. I don't want to manipulate the window, I just want to land in the app.

I've turned it to full screen in the settings so none of this windows nonsense, so Im not entirely sure what is going on.

I'm on iPad OS 26.0.2.

Any thoughts? I'm hoping I've just turned it on whilst mashing at my keyboard (it's how I do all my best writing).

Thanks.

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By Holger Fiallo on Saturday, October 18, 2025 - 11:08

Using Slim folio and iPad 9. Same issue. With me also when I tab, goes from app store and audible and keep doing so. This started in iOS 26.