# iPad and impossible to upload files in landscape mode
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** uploads, ios
**Created:** [February 4, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144 "2026-02-04T12:01:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/1 "2026-02-04T12:01:17Z")
When I try to upload a file using iPad/DiscourseHub/Safari (21.1.2), the button of the composer (both modes) doesn’t do anything. iPhone works nicely.
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/3 "2026-02-04T16:06:36Z")
Is this persisting? I am not able to reproduce on my iPad, tried both Hub and Safari.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/5 "2026-02-04T16:18:52Z")
Yes it is. Here too.
But I can try to reboot mine.
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/6 "2026-02-04T16:19:58Z")
Thanks. A reboot may help, maybe your iPad gets stuck on the “upload media” permission (though, not sure why that would apply to Safari).
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/7 "2026-02-04T16:26:02Z")
Now I feel a bit stupid 🤦♂️ No, rebooting didn’t help, but I should understand faster what is going on — this isn’t any new issue. Ol’ good layout thingy.
against my usual way:
It pops up, but I can’t reach it.
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/8 "2026-02-04T16:28:57Z")
Ah, yes, I see. In landscape mode, I also can’t upload when the composer is open. May take a closer look when I have a second.
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/9 "2026-02-04T17:01:51Z")
@renato curious if you have any thoughts here.
On iPhone, we show the upload button outside the editor bar and when user taps that button, it takes focus out of the editor. On iPad (see screenshot above), we keep focus in the editor. But in iPad landscape, it’s a problem, because there is not enough room to show the upload popup from iOS.
We could potentially focus out of the editor on any touch devices when the upload button is tapped?
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### Author:  [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/10 "2026-02-06T19:01:37Z")
> [@pmusaraj](#):
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> We could potentially focus out of the editor on any touch devices when the upload button is tapped?
Yes, I think so.
It’s worth noting that there is a plan to move the upload button on mobile from the bottom area to the main toolbar.
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### Author:  [@gilles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gilles)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144/12 "2026-02-28T18:52:03Z")
Hello,
I wanted to know if the future modification is still relevant because it is indeed a bit tedious to upload an image from the Discourse application on iOS. Luckily, it works from Safari 😅