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13.3.1 text overlapping results on display using Safari

Any one figure out how to resolve the new issue on iPad 13.3.1 which displays text overlapping results using Safari. Turn it horizontal and it goes away.

Posted on Feb 17, 2020 6:33 AM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2020 3:02 AM

Some websites don’t appear to play nicely with the the new iPadOS webkit engine - and sometimes do not render correctly. There are two workarounds that usually resolve the problem - and you’ve already discovered the first:


1) Simply rotate the iPad orientation from Portrait to Landscape - or vice versa. The page often redraws correctly.


2) For affected websites, change the Safari default “desktop” setting to “mobile”.

  • Tap the aA icon at the left-end of the address bar
  • Tap Website Settings
  • Turn-off Request Desktop Website
  • Tap Done

This change will only influence the affected website - other pages will continue to render using your default settings.


Hopefully, as incidence of this issue is not uncommon, either affected websites and/or Apple will resolve this issue with a code change at some point in the future.


I hope you find this to be helpful in resolving your website rendering problem.

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Feb 18, 2020 3:02 AM in response to Markhurts

Some websites don’t appear to play nicely with the the new iPadOS webkit engine - and sometimes do not render correctly. There are two workarounds that usually resolve the problem - and you’ve already discovered the first:


1) Simply rotate the iPad orientation from Portrait to Landscape - or vice versa. The page often redraws correctly.


2) For affected websites, change the Safari default “desktop” setting to “mobile”.

  • Tap the aA icon at the left-end of the address bar
  • Tap Website Settings
  • Turn-off Request Desktop Website
  • Tap Done

This change will only influence the affected website - other pages will continue to render using your default settings.


Hopefully, as incidence of this issue is not uncommon, either affected websites and/or Apple will resolve this issue with a code change at some point in the future.


I hope you find this to be helpful in resolving your website rendering problem.

13.3.1 text overlapping results on display using Safari

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