iPadOS 18.3 (22D63)
iPad Mini (6th generation)
Model MK7T3LLA
Brave integrated an option in iPhone OS which offers users the option to place the search/address bar either at the top or bottom of the screen. Many users prefer the search/address bar at the bottom on our iPhones which makes one handed browsing/typing much simpler. However; that option does not appear to be included in the iOS version for iPad.
The following are my screenshots:
iOS Settings for the Brave App:
Settings options in Brave Browser for iOS (iPad):
Unfortunately I had to delete two screen shots due to the limitation of four as a new user.
I have searched these forums and have discovered other users who have the same or similar question, but have not seen any definitive answers. Although one handed typing is not applicable to iPad, the uniformity when browsing on our devices would be greatly appreciated.
Two additional screen shots:
To my knowledge it exists on all iOS. As you can see from my iPhone below, it’s there. But I understand you’re on iPad and not sure what else might be different. I’ll tag in @Mattches to see if he can follow up later. I don’t have an iPad to test on to see if there’s some difference there.
Thank you for your reply. Perhaps I could have provided more detail.
For about the past year I have been testing Brave and recently made the 100% switch from Safari as my default browser. It’s been close to 20 years that I’ve been in the Apple ecosystem so I wanted to be absolutely certain I was ready to make that leap!
Although my wife does not like any type of change whatsoever, I installed the Brave browser on her iPhone and iPad. On the iPhones we are easily able to go into settings and select the option of where we want the search/address bar to appear. However, on both of our iPads that option does not exist.
Consequently this appears to be an iOS/iPad issue.
If anyone can identify a step I am missing please feel free to let me know.
Thanks again for your reply!
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Yes I believe this is an iPad limitation specifically. I’ve asked iOS team if we have any current plans to implement this for iOS but afaik there is some hardware limitation with Chromium that prevents it.
Will reply back here when I have more information.
Thanks, I didn’t think it was just me!
