Apple iPad Split Screen and Slide Over

What is the Apple iPad Split Screen and Slide Over Feature

1. Split View: Allows you to work in two Apps side by side

2. Slide Over: Allows you to use a second App in a “floating window” above a full screen app

    

Turn on Split View & Slide Over

To work in Split View and Slide Over, you need to have these features turned on in Settings.

1. Go to Settings > Multitasking & Gestures.
2. Below Multitasking, turn on Split View & Slide Over.

Open a Second App in Split View

1. While using an App, tap the Multitasking icon   (three dots at the top of the screen), tap the Split View icon (square icon with middle divider with neither sides shaded), then tap  (square icon shaded on left side) to have the current App appear on the left side of the screen, or  (square icon shaded on the right side) to place the current App on the right.
2. The App you’re using moves to the side to reveal your Home Screen and Dock.
3. Find the second App you want to open on your Home Screen or in the Dock, then tap it.

Replace an App in Split View

When you have two Apps open in Split View, you can replace one of them with a different app.

1. Open two Apps in Split View.
2. At the top of the App you want to replace, swipe down from Multitasking icon  at the top of the app.
   • The App you want to replace drops down, and the other App moves to the side to reveal your Home Screen and Dock. 
3. Find the replacement App on your Home Screen or in the Dock, then tap it. 

4. The two Apps appear side by side in Split View.

    

Turn Split View into Slide Over

When you have two Apps or windows open in Split View, you can turn one of them into a Slide Over window.

1. Open two Apps in Split View.
2. Tap the Multitasking icon at the top of the window you want to turn into a Slide Over window, then tap the Slide Over icon (square icon that has one third of the right side shaded).

Return to Full Screen

When you have two Apps or windows open in Split View, you can remove one of them and show the other on Full screen. 

1. Drag the center divider to the left or right edge of the screen.
2. Tap the Multitasking icon   at the top of the App you want to appear in full screen, then tap the Full Screen icon  (square icon that is completely shaded).
3. Touch and hold the Multitasking icon  at the top of the App you want to appear in full screen. Keeping its top edge at the top of the screen, drag it to the center of the screen until its name and icon appear, then lift your finger.