The arrival of iPadOS 18 came with many surprises Exciting new features with many completely redesigned UI elements. One of the design features of iPadOS 18 that caught our attention the most was the introduction of sliding iPad application menus. We’re talking about the Tap Bar, a great innovation that’s the best thing to happen to the iPad in years, at least from a software perspective.

Tap Bar completely transforms traditional side menus Apple apps on iPad make them a scrolling menu located in the subdomain, which not only improves the overall appearance of your user interface, but also a wider display of content and enlivens your user experience.

In this guide we will tell you Everything you need to know about the Touch Bar and how to customize this new iPadOS 18 floating menu and other curiosities worth considering.

What is iPadOS 18 Tap Bar?

Apple calls Tap Bar a new floating menu bar. upper area some of the native iPadOS 18 apps (with iPad attached) vertical or horizontal position.

iPad Touch Bar Contains the most prominent categories in the side menu and fully customizable. So iPad users can: Customize the contents of the Touch Bar Added to the right of the floating bar to make available the menu sections that interest you most.

It takes up much less space than the traditional iPadOS sidebar but the ability to: become sidebar again One-touch, tailored to each user’s needs.

Apps compatible with iPad Tap Bar

Unfortunately, not all Apple apps are compatible with iPadOS 18 Tap Bar. These are applications that support a floating menu bar.

• House
• files
• App Store
• Hour
• Apple Music
• Opening Speech
• numbers
• Pages
• Garage Tape

We hope that as time goes on, Apple’s software engineers and third-party app developers will add more apps like Photos, Apple TV or Notes to the list, because the Tap Bar really enriches the usage dynamics of the numerous iPadOS 18 apps.

On the other hand, it is worth noting that some applications, such as the App Store or Apple Music, had Tap Bar before the release of iPadOS 18. But in these cases a fixed menu bar and can’t have a sidebar.

How to customize iPadOS 18 Tap Bar

Apple allows you to customize the lock screen and home screen of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Since it cannot be otherwise, the Cupertino company now the following opportunity: Customize iPadOS 18 Tap Bar To view every iPad user’s favorite menu sections.

Here are the steps you need to follow to customize the iPadOS 18 Tap Bar:

• Open an app that supports Tap Bar on your iPad.
• Then click on Tap the bar icon.

Tap the Bar Icon

• Press and hold your finger on any area of ​​the Tap Bar or press the button To organise from the sidebar.
• Drag one of the sidebar menu sections Towards Tap Bar.
• Print OK To apply the changes.

You should remember that this will also be possible from now on with the Tap Bar of iPadOS 18 and future versions of the iPad operating system. drag files, images and other content between different categories Something that will be really useful for many users.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Touch Bar in iPadOS 18, a floating menu bar that will become a staple of the user interface of many Apple and third-party apps.

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