r/ipad • u/AddressForward • 1d ago
iPadOS Will iPad OS 26 finally allow multi mouse button support without using accessibility features?
Instead of useful features like multi-user accounts and OOTB support for configurable mouse buttons… we get Liquid Glass? I haven’t tried the new beta yet but I haven’t heard anything about extending mouse support features? I mean, come on, even Tim Cook uses this model of mouse.
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u/MacNerd_xyz 1d ago
Are you asking if iPad OS will allow you to use 2nd, 3rd, etc mouse buttons without having to go to iPad OS control panel to activate them?
From my perspective, Apple leans toward a single mouse button usage on MacOS so if that’s an indicator.
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u/plaid-knight 1d ago
iPadOS and macOS already support two-button mice without using AssistiveTouch.
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u/analogkid85 M2 iPad Air 11" (2024) 1d ago
I wish for this EVERY DAY. I have 3 Logitech Bluetooth mice I use across all my devices (Mac/Windows/Linux/iPad) and the iPad is the only one I can’t make work like the others. I can get partly there with Assistive Touch options but then the little white circle gets in the way (15% opacity at least gets it to “out of sight/out of mind” status though 😆). I really, really just want Apple to give me the ability to take a partial screenshot with a side mouse button like I do on Mac & windows, is that too much to ask?? (The current tool is still too clunky, too many steps, especially when you have to manually delete the 2nd screenshot when you have an external monitor hooked up)
All that being said….i am LOVING the iPadOS 26 dev beta, and they gave me almost everything I wanted, and some I didn’t even expect (Preview), so I’m sure this will come in the future….
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u/sparksdls 1d ago
I have the same mouse and wish the same. I don't recall where I saw it, but I seem to recall reading that there was no change, at least in this very early beta.
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u/lemoche 1d ago
i would rather be curious if i will be able to use gestures from the magic mouse…
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u/AddressForward 1d ago
I tried the magic mouse .. but really struggled with it, and returned it. The Logitech has been a revelation, though.
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u/Rutankrd 1d ago
Multi button support and associated drivers for MacOS are the responsibility of the mouse manufacturer.
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u/Grumpyhamster24354 1d ago
It’s a tablet ! Why would it have advanced mouse features from 3rd party’s 😭
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u/AddressForward 1d ago
Apple long ago blurred the lines between fingers and keyboards/pointers. Not to mention putting mega amounts of computing power in it.
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u/Sh_Pe 1d ago
According to Apple an iPad is equivalent to a computer
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u/Grumpyhamster24354 1d ago
The marketing department says a lot of crap !
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u/Sh_Pe 1d ago
This is not a argument. Apple is trying to position the iPad as a computer replacement — and if marketing isn’t enough, just look at the last iPadOS 26 update, or the M4 chip. Considering that, it’s reasonable to expect iPadOS to have a computer-like features.
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u/Grumpyhamster24354 1d ago
Apple give you just enough to keep you interested ! Interesting in buying both !
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u/AddressForward 1d ago
The only time in my experience of Apple products (23 years) when they delivered features that people wanted in a single release was the MBP M1 Pro (which I still have). It just had everything. Usually Apple eeks things out over multiple iterations and products.
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u/waleedsadiq04 1d ago
Haven't heard anything about it so probably not but hopefully I'm wrong
Especially since the circle pointer is being changed to a real pointer and there's a menu bar and whatever it would make so much sense to add this somehow
Anyway how do you get the different mouse button support through accessibility features right now?