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At the time of writing, iPadOS 27.0.1 is the current "production" release of iPadOS.

The Assistive Touch button is intended to move (or be moved manually) to avoid interference with other on-screen elements. This is behaviour is entirely normal and expected.

Floydntull wrote:

13” M4 iPad Pro iPadOS 27. I appreciate that the assistive touch button is designed to automatically move depending on what else is happening on screen but there are numerous occasions where it does not return to the position it was originally placed. An example: In my case I prefer to keep the button in the very bottom right of the screen. When I use the Messages app and the keyboard opens the button moves to accommodate it and sits just above the keyboard right over the send button. This means I have to manually move the button to send the message which then fixes the button to the new position. When I have finished with the Message app and return to my home screen I then have to manually move the button back to my preferred position at the bottom right. There are other examples where the button does not return to its original position but this is the most obvious one. An ideal solution would be to introduce a setting that would allow the assistive touch button to be permanently fixed wherever the user prefers to keep it unless the user decides to move it, in other words a toggle that disables the automatic repositioning. I suspect this would be a solution that would keep most users happy.

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13” M4 iPad Pro iPadOS 27. I appreciate that the assistive touch button is designed to automatically move depending on what else is happening on screen but there are numerous occasions where it does not return to the position it was originally placed. An example: In my case I prefer to keep the button in the very bottom right of the screen. When I use the Messages app and the keyboard opens the button moves to accommodate it and sits just above the keyboard right over the send button. This means I have to manually move the button to send the message which then fixes the button to the new position. When I have finished with the Message app and return to my home screen I then have to manually move the button back to my preferred position at the bottom right. There are other examples where the button does not return to its original position but this is the most obvious one. An ideal solution would be to introduce a setting that would allow the assistive touch button to be permanently fixed wherever the user prefers to keep it unless the user decides to move it, in other words a toggle that disables the automatic repositioning. I suspect this would be a solution that would keep most users happy.

Thank you for this information, it’s very useful.

Floydntull wrote:

Thank you for this information, it’s very useful.

You're very welcome.