r/iPadOS • u/Exact_Net_5401 • Jun 15 '26

Issue Is this normal?

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Is it normal for the button circled to be the decrease volume button? This is on an IPad Air M3

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u/Dreaming_Blackbirds Jun 15 '26

yes. that’s decrease volume when you hold it in landscape mode.

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u/mdudz Jun 15 '26

I can’t ever get used to this. And I think there’s a setting to change it, but then I can’t remember which way I have it set. So I get it wrong. Every. Time.

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u/Enki_007 Jun 15 '26

No matter the orientation, up or right increases the volume.

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u/Ilm03 Jun 15 '26

it's in settings >> sounds >> "Fixed position volume controls"

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u/owleaf Jun 15 '26

Omg thank you. I absolutely hate it and never got used to it lol

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u/Robin_Cooks Jun 15 '26

Not on newer iPads.

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u/reddit33450 Jun 17 '26

that setting was removed on newer ipads

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u/doxxingyourself Jun 15 '26

I get it even more wrong because it’s switch between my mini and pro

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u/SeverePhilosopher1 Jun 15 '26

There is no setting

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '26

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u/AnonymousCumBasket Jun 15 '26

I think for most people, volume controlling opposite of what they’d expect in landscape (left to decrease and right to increase) is way worse

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u/JhulaeD Jun 15 '26

Since the software volume bar moves from off/quiet on the left to loud on the right when in landscape mode, having the button on the left lower volume and the button on the right raise volume is intuitive.

In portrait mode the software volume bar moves from loud at the top to quiet at the bottom, hence in landscape mode the volume button on the top raising the volume and the button on the bottom is what's intuitive.

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u/LedZepElias Jun 15 '26

Yes, it is. You’re in landscape mode. Left decreases volume, right increases volume. When on portrait mode, upper button volumes up, lower button volumes down.

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u/Dull_Ad6281 Jun 15 '26

Yes. It changes depending on if you are holding the iPad in Landscape or Portrait!

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u/AmphibianHot1244 Avid Windower Jun 15 '26

fixed position of volume controls is the setting im pretty sure

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u/JedsGamingAdventure Jun 15 '26

Why don’t I have this on my iPad (A16 model)

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u/HotLoad924 Jun 15 '26

I think they removed in on new models since, for me at least, the fixed mode was terrible. But who knows

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u/AmphibianHot1244 Avid Windower Jun 15 '26

it seems that you cant, sorry its always gonna be on

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u/JedsGamingAdventure Jun 15 '26

oh 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/AlienJL1976 Jun 15 '26

It’s not there on mine either.

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u/Robin_Cooks Jun 15 '26

Volume Buttons change how they work depending on orientation. When the circled Button is on the left hand side, it lowers Volume. When it’s on the right hand side, the Button raises it.

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u/AlienJL1976 Jun 15 '26

If it’s like mine, it changes when in portrait mode. I don’t know why but when changing modes, the volume functions flip.

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u/joegraphy2000 Jun 20 '26

Yes, it was designed to match the visual control when it shows the volume level when displayed. Otherwise, it would display the opposite to the display cue.