iPad: Trackpad scroll doens't work in vscode.dev

[lungarella-raffaele]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No
Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.72.2
• OS Version: ipadOS 16.1

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open any repository in vscode.dev
2. Try to use the trackpad of the magic keyboard

I have an Ipad Air 5th generation and I am using it with a magic keyboard, I am currently using the beta of IpadOS 16.1. When I try to visualize any code in .dev mode the trackpad doens't work. I am using Safari, other browsers don't work as I want. If I add the vscode.dev project to my home screen the scroll works, but only when I open the files from the side bar.
Is this a problem of the IpadOS version? I found some issues where they said they solved it in IpadOS 14.5.

[yume-chan]

Duplicate of #106232

[keekerdc]

I don’t think this is a dupe of a two-year-old issue. I’ve rolled up here today to +1 this issue.

Just updated to iPad OS 16.1 today on the full public release. I’m utilizing vscode via the code-server project.

I’ve found that if Settings -> General -> Keyboards -> Shortcuts is turned ON, two-finger scroll on the magic keyboard trackpad works.

If that’s turned OFF - as I had been doing since it gets rid of the little keyboard drawer that pushes all the content up when you’re in a text entry context - then the two-finger trackpad scroll stops working. I’ve found this to be the case whether using my vscode instance in the safari browser, or through the full-screened homepage shortcut context.

This wasn’t previously the case - on iPad OS v15.x I could have the Shortcuts setting set to OFF and the two-finger scroll worked.

[cschoenecker]

Same issue for me with VSCode in PWA mode iPadOS 16.1 (work in iPadOS 15.x in PWA mode). If you turn On/Off/On Stage manager, scroll work until you close the app

[sakuradon99]

I have the same issue on iPad OS 16.1.
In the Edge browser, it only works when the cursor focus is in the code input box, if the cursor focus in other place like the git commit input, then I can not scroll the code input.
In the Safari, the trackpad doesn't work anyway.
If I add the code server to my home screen, I can toggle off then toggle on the Stage Manager, then it works still I close it.

[mtogstad]

I’m having this issue too, and I can’t seem to get sone of the tricks mentioned here to work either (toggling stage manager, turning on Settings -> General -> Keyboards -> Shortcuts). But placing a cursor in an open file does work for me (this is in safari). As long as a file is open with a cursor in it, scrolling in the file and the files list works, as soon as the cursor is gone, trackpad scrolling doesn’t work anywhere.

[PixNyb]

I’ve come here to +1 this issue, I’ve been experiencing the same behavior since i got my IPad and started developing on it.
I never in a million years thought turning on shortcuts would solve the scroll issue but now i am dealing with pushed up content in the PWA. Anyway i’ve experienced being able to scroll through a view but as soon as my focus is on the view i lose that ability.

[tusing]

Can confirm this is still happening in the iPadOS 16.1 production release.

[huw]

Thank you—been suffering under this for 6 months since the first beta. Thought it had to be something a bit weird with my setup. Cheers ❤️

[Antoniomm80]

I’m having this same issue with an ipad air with no stage manager support in both safari and PWA

I’ll check on Edge

[UndefBhvr]

+1 but I once found it working again, but the next day it didn’t work again. So I don’t know what happened that night.

[cschoenecker]

Another bug: Text selection (with the mouse for example) crashes regularly. The workaround is to reload the window (iPadOS 16.1)

[huw]

On iPadOS 16.2 Beta 4, scrolling is much more intermittent with the keyboard bar minimised (when you hit ‘Minimise’ and it goes into the bottom-right corner, not when you have ‘Shortcuts’ off).

You can fix it by un-minimising the bar, which brings it back into the middle. The keyboard bar is clearly just broken in this beta, the nice animations are totally gone—so I’m assuming it’ll get fixed next update but for those of you in the thread who’re relying on this that’s how to get around it for now <3

[cschoenecker]

Just for information, we can scroll on the udate tab and not on code tab :

RPReplay_Final1670504782.mov

[iloveicedgreentea]

Having the same issue Ipad 16.1.1 with magic keyboard. I did some digging in this issue coder/code-server#5861

[LeytonHouck]

Still having this issue on 16.2 with a Logitech folio trackpad. Is this something that can be fired on VS Code's end or does apple have to fix something with Safari?

[tusing]

My "solution" was moving back to a Mac, since Safari on iPadOS is such an unreliable mess.

The Blink client on iPadOS irons out some bugs with VSCode, but still enough remain due to inconsistent implementations between iPadOS and desktop browsers.

[jgdevroman]

Still having this issue on iPadOS 16.2 but I was able to fix this by disabling the shortcuts on keyboard settings. Hope it helps and apple fix this soon

Edit: Sorry, didn't work as well in the end

[terragou]

Still having this issue on iPadOS 16.2 but I was able to fix this by disabling the shortcuts on keyboard settings. Hope it helps and apple fix this soon

Didn't work for me.

[cschoenecker]

It doesn't work for me either

[jgdevroman]

Sorry, it just worked at that moment but didn't work later for me as well.
Although I found out that there is an app called Blink that can open Codespaces inside the app and works much better than Safari. It seems to solve not only the scrolling issues but also the problem of codespaces disconnecting after switching apps or tabs. I'd suggest using this until Apple fixes these issues.

[lwschan]

I just found out that if I zoom out VSCode once with Cmd + - then I can scroll even with the keyboard shortcuts bar minimised at a corner. Might be an OK-ish workaround until they get this fixed properly.

[huw]

@lwschan Replicated in Safari only (i.e. not ‘Add to Home Screen’, which can’t zoom using the keyboard), and only at the 90% zoom level (no further in or out). Weird—but great find!

[Cupprum]

@lwschan Replicated in Safari only (i.e. not ‘Add to Home Screen’, which can’t zoom using the keyboard), and only at the 90% zoom level (no further in or out). Weird—but great find!

Today i found out, that if you zoom to 90% level and do ‘Add to Home Screen’ afterwards, the downloaded PWA is the zoomed in one. So the scrolling works, at least for me (did not work before).

[hzcheng]

@lwschan Replicated in Safari only (i.e. not ‘Add to Home Screen’, which can’t zoom using the keyboard), and only at the 90% zoom level (no further in or out). Weird—but great find!

Today i found out, that if you zoom to 90% level and do ‘Add to Home Screen’ afterwards, the downloaded PWA is the zoomed in one. So the scrolling works, at least for me (did not work before).

This works for me!

[cschoenecker]

Works for me too. But don't you have a problem with text selection in the code editor that often happens?

[huw]

Today i found out, that if you zoom to 90% level and do ‘Add to Home Screen’ afterwards, the downloaded PWA is the zoomed in one. So the scrolling works, at least for me (did not work before).

At least for me on 16.3 this saves the 90% zoomed web app into the PWA. A non-starter for me but good to know that it works! Crazy find.

Hoping now that 16.3 is properly out that this gets a fix. Promising that the ticket has milestones on it now ^_^

[hzcheng]

Works for me too. But don't you have a problem with text selection in the code editor that often happens?

No text selection problem in my case. Besides, I use vscode-vim plugin in which I rarely select text with trackpad.

[cschoenecker]

This works best via Chrome on the iPad (although it is WebKit like Safari). The scroll works without setting the site zoom to 85% and the selection with the cursor also (the right click does not open the editing popup of the OS)

[hediet]

/duplicate #106232

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[huw]

FYI this has been completely fixed for me in iPadOS 16.4, including with Shortcuts off.

[Cupprum]

The newest version of iPad OS (16.4) fixed this issue for me.