# Tablet UX/UI improvements **URL:** \ **Category:** Talk\ **Tags:** Design-or-UI, iOS, UX, Feedback\ **Created:** [November 28, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tablet-ux-ui-improvements/12355 "2023-11-28T06:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sandr44](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Sandr44](https://community.anytype.io/u/Sandr44)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tablet-ux-ui-improvements/12355/1 "2023-11-28T06:26:34Z")
Anytype works well on desktops and phones, but the experience for tablets is lacking a lot. Through the popularity of Chromebooks and tablet manufactures adapting to changing demands of consumers, android-based devices replace the low-end/budget laptop market. While a lot of modern apps tend to already support tablets due to responsive frameworks like react, anytype with compose needs to add bigger changes to existing layouts. While adapting the existing android UI might be simpler, having an unified UI would be beneficial for plugins (when they support modifying the UI) and in the long term: the biggest device group for [handwritten notes](https://community.anytype.io/t/support-for-handwritten-notes/1030) are tablets, which will definitely require changes of the UI Anytype hasn’t had any focus on tablets, features like stylus and physical keyboards (which can also have trackpads) are unsupported or lacking at best. Although I focus on the Android version, the iOS versions seems to have similar problems. #### Features/issues which need to be addressed in my opinion - no horizontal orientation is possible (workaround is possible on Samsung Tablets with multi-window view) [Landscape Mode - #24 by nikm07](https://community.anytype.io/t/mobile-landscape-mode/1102/24) (already acknowledged) - the top right menu on objects is not suited for larger screens, for example undo requires to move across the entire screen twice while the desktop UI only requires it once (if the desktop menu would have an undo entry) - the desktop UI navigation bar is better than mobile UI due to tighter spacing - adding this menu in the area between sync status and title ![grafik](https://community-static.anytype.io/original/2X/f/f17f4092e6aadce37b83e9d5bf4ddb33d11f6ddc.png) on iOS, clicking there opens the Cover menu, on Android, nothing happens if there isn’t already a cover - exiting screens is only possible via gesture or keyboard - no support for Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y - selecting with Shift+[up/down arrow] should select affected blocks if the end of an single text block is reached - this menu adds extra steps and makes editing more confusing - links to objects displayed as text are hard to notice - support for blocks next to each other ![grafik](https://community-static.anytype.io/original/2X/1/15c9a3d5a40a423b0fb9a944da4dc0f32884d962.png) - gallery view can’t display multiple rows - longer relations (eg. tags) shown in grid view are cut-off even if they are the last relation and there is a lot of space to the right - on Samsung, swiping with a stylus either scrolls or adds an letter to existing text based on how the movement path looks if the stylus is placed next to text (so basically anywhere) #### already existing requests regarding functionality/parity with desktop > [@Landscape Mode](https://community.anytype.io/t/mobile-landscape-mode/1102/24): > > Would recommend voting the original post & posting this comment. Helps keep a proper tally and may make Anytype prioritization. In the meantime as a workaround, checkout Labs feature on Samsung tablet that can force apps into landscape mode. > [@Add graph view to mobile](https://community.anytype.io/t/add-graph-view-to-mobile/5735): > > Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Nope. Describe the solution you’d like I suggest that graph view should be added to mobile, not only because I really like the way it looks but because I use it a lot to check if I’ve linked certain objects or if I might’ve linked objects wrongly. Describe alternatives you’ve considered I can see some problems with this though like accidentally moving an object while trying to navigate the view. I’m not sure of an alternative bu… > [@Layout Alignment in Mobile](https://community.anytype.io/t/layout-alignment-in-mobile/11165): > > WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND Mobile layout (the icons and titles, specifically) to follow the alignment set in desktop. In desktop, we have Basic (square icon) and Profile (circle icon) layouts, and then we have Alignment where you can set the icon to align on left, right, or center. The team’s examples in use cases – and the behavior in mobile – show the Basic Layout always aligned to the left and the Profile Layout aligned to center. However, I have many use cases where my Basic Layout is aligned … #### similar requests > [@Android desktop UI](https://community.anytype.io/t/android-desktop-ui/12300): > > WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND Include the desktop UI in the Android version beside the mobile view. HOW COULD IT BE DONE The application would work just like it normally does on mobile devices. However, when the user connects the phone to an external display (for example with Samsung Dex) Anytype would open using the desktop UI instead of the mobile one. It would work similarly if someone would use the app on desktop Android OS-es, like BlissOS. Also, when the app is used on a bigger screen device (lik… ---
**Author:** ![Curie](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/curie/32/10960_2.png) [@Curie](https://community.anytype.io/u/Curie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tablet-ux-ui-improvements/12355/2 "2023-11-29T15:42:46Z")
Hi @Sandr44! I’m just starting to take more digital handwritten notes on a tablet and I agree with your feedback. Support for handwritten notes natively in Anytype will be a dream come true! ---
**Author:** ![Ouros](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/ouros/32/11730_2.png) [@Ouros](https://community.anytype.io/u/Ouros)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tablet-ux-ui-improvements/12355/3 "2023-12-01T20:01:01Z")
I created this account to follow the community, and I had planned to make a post like this at some point. As a user with a tablet, I noticed several details lacking for proper adaptation. While I can force horizontal mode on my Samsung tablet, it’s not optimized, and some elements of the GUI look distorted. I don’t think I could have made a better post than this; hopefully, they can improve this aspect soon. ---
**Author:** ![petaqui](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/petaqui/32/8228_2.png) [@petaqui](https://community.anytype.io/u/petaqui)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tablet-ux-ui-improvements/12355/4 "2024-06-26T05:19:21Z")
I feel the same way, it’s really difficult to work with the tablet without landscape mode, as having the keyboard is useless (at least when you have a keyboard attached) ---
**Author:** ![MUNZER](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MUNZER](https://community.anytype.io/u/MUNZER)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tablet-ux-ui-improvements/12355/5 "2024-08-16T17:13:00Z")
Please bring the desktop version experience to tablet ---
**Author:** ![LSR](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/lsr/32/3771_2.png) [@LSR](https://community.anytype.io/u/LSR)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tablet-ux-ui-improvements/12355/6 "2024-08-17T15:51:39Z")
I hope to adapt it to Android Pad. The current experience of using it on Pad is not good.