Why You NEED To Start Using Stage Manager | A Complete Walkthrough 

If they could enable true multi tasking on a pro iPhone or a similar system I think it could compliment it really well

Agreed with you a lot

There are two reasons why Stage Manager acts the way it does, differing from SM on the Mac. One is that Stage Manager on the iPad is finger-oriented, not mouse-oriented since even the mouse cursor simulates a finger. Apple moves apps around so some small part of every app is exposed so the finger can touch it easily. With a mouse that has pinpoint accuracy, that isn’t necessary. The moving of apps is intended to help users by keeping every app available to be touched and brought to the foreground. Many have criticized this behavior, but without knowing why Apple does this. It’s actually intended to prevent frustration of people who can’t see or touch the apps sitting behind other apps. The other thing is how apps only take up certain sizes and shapes. That is determined by iPadOS’s prior multitasking. If your app supports Split View and Slide Over, those are the shapes these apps can take. This is something Apple can’t really do anything about unless they allow apps to look extremely ugly like on Android. For instance, Luma Fusion can handle Split View but not slide over, so it’ll only show up at best half-screen. It is the apps that control the shape since developers wrote their programs assuming only Split View and Slide Over exist. On your gripe over re-orientation, moving from one to the other invokes the shift algorithm to maintain proper shapes and sizes along with ensuring parts of each app are exposed since apps may no longer be visible on the other orientation in its entirety. Moving it back to the prior orientation doesn’t remember where they were but simply re-invokes the algorithm and likely puts them in different spots. I imagine each app probably isn’t the same shape, let alone the same position after a second shift. I suppose it’s fixable, requiring Apple to save state of each app before shifting including prior shape, size, and location. I can’t think of any other way to fix that because the algorithm would be determined by all the apps’ new shapes, which would likely change per orientation (e.g. too tall, too wide, no longer on screen). Macs would have similar problems, but since the orientation of a monitor rarely, if ever, changes, it’s not likely anyone would see it.

🐬 Very in depth with edge cases. Thanks for the detail!

The only good reason to use it on the iPad haha

Which is your usb c hub ? Could you send the exact name here?

I’ve seen someone using a keyboard and mouse connected to the monitor directly (plus iPad). But I’m not sure if it works with all monitors etc. I guess it’s best to try it with your friend’s M series iPad or something.

Will it be compatible though? Almost everything now usesHDMI, Display Ports are kinda rare today.

Simon and Kiara - yes using DisplayPort is a good workaround. This is what I am currently doing with a Samsung monitor model LU28R55, which has a DisplayPort connection along with 2 HDMI connections.

I use a USB-C dock that has DisplayPort, but a USB-C to DisplayPort cable will work just fine too directly from the iPad Pro. It only requires that your monitor supports it.

@@SimonHewett Yea thats what I was thinking. But I wasnt sure if Apple isnt like blocking the interface or something. But thats cool, thanks. Also Guy thanks for confirmation :). Though my name is Klára (but thats okay, lol)

if your monitor has HDMI input, you can use Apple adapter usbc to hdmi out with hdmi cable that is constructed to do audio over ethernet. Doesn't actually require ethernet. it's supposedly because of wiring configuration inside cable. Of course, if Apple does not disable or mangle these adaptors in 2024 update/upgrade.q Funny thing, i was told for years i was told by forum experts that my meditek chipped chromebook does not run displayport off its usbc port. Turns out they just didnt know. Good reason to keep asking because experts know a lot but not everything.