# Unable to click the quote button when highlighting text on iPadOS **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358 **Category:** Bug **Created:** [November 1, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358 "2025-11-01T18:49:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 10 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [November 1, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/1 "2025-11-01T18:49:19Z")
I’m no longer able to click the “quote” button when highlighting text here on meta because the popup menu is now appearing behind the iPadOS menu. Running iPadOS 18.7.1 with Safari on iPad Air 13” M3. Some screen shots to better explain what I mean: ![IMG_0100](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/7/6/d763673460347741dfaac585519f4fe75c6adb9c.jpeg) And: ![IMG_0099](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/0/c/60c30026c7e7c8d983985f4c2d8ac9123e963b4f.jpeg) And: ![IMG_0098](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/5/8/35806071005acbf04382186bdf42178934eee57b.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster) #### Post date: [November 1, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/2 "2025-11-01T19:03:43Z")
This has been sometime now. I blaimed 26 version. Changing to portrait gives space to see that menu. ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [November 1, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/3 "2025-11-01T19:24:51Z")
I’ve purposefully held off updating to 26 for the reports of all the breaking changes Apple introduced 🤦🏻‍♂️ I get mixed results on portrait versus landscape, the issue seems to be determined by how much (or how little) text you select to quote. ---
### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam) #### Post date: [November 2, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/4 "2025-11-02T01:07:57Z")
@j.jaffeux made a change for iPhone where we render the menu below. It is super hard to guess what the OS will do here (render native above / below / etc?) , but I guess we can apply a similar fix to iPad. ---
### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam) #### Post date: [November 6, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/8 "2025-11-06T00:37:04Z")
We determined the reason for this was the 2 different positionings of the menu (glass is below, non glass is above) We fixed glass but broke legacy iOS. We are working on a fix that detects the iOS version and picks the location based on it. ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [November 6, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/9 "2025-11-06T06:20:55Z")
Great news, thanks for the update 😁 ---
### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux) #### Post date: [November 7, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/10 "2025-11-07T13:15:52Z")
Thanks that should fix it: > > > In a recent commit https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2cd801bf31c5806…522bf2369fb7c23faa160a9fc we supported the new iOS 26 callout positioning. > > This commit ensures the positioning will also work for older versions. Let me know how it goes for you (should be live on meta one or two hours from now) ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [November 7, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/11 "2025-11-07T13:30:03Z")
Thanks for the quick fix 🙇 I try to keep the community downtime to a minimum so I’ll update my Discourse at 06:00 tomorrow morning 😃 ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [November 9, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/12 "2025-11-09T17:59:17Z")
> [@j.jaffeux](#): > > Let me know how it goes for you Works perfectly: ![IMG_0109](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/4/3/e4361b247cde6643dbf5e34e2f3a2817d51db1e9.png) Thanks again 😃 ---
### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux) #### Post date: [November 12, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-click-the-quote-button-when-highlighting-text-on-ipados/387358/13 "2025-11-12T17:59:27Z")
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