Blue vertical bar

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Hi, I just noticed that a blue vertical bar intermittantly floats from left to right on my ipad screen. Tough to replicate exactly when it happens, appears it does right when I enter apps on occasion. I tried to shut off and turn back on but the problem happened again. Anyone know what could have caused this and how to fix?

 

[Just_Me_D]

No, I have no idea what that could be. Is there any writings or drawings on the bar when it floats across the screen? You might want to make a genius bar appointment with the nearest Apple Store just in case the display is going bad.

 

[Reparkable]

Post a pic maybe


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[csal80]

No, I have no idea what that could be. Is there any writings or drawings on the bar when it floats across the screen? You might want to make a genius bar appointment with the nearest Apple Store just in case the display is going bad.

No, there are no numbers or letters. This iPad is brand new too.


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[Jaguarr40]

Well being new you can try and reboot it by holding down the power and home button until the Apple logo appears and if this does not help I would go to the Apple genius bar by appt ASAP. Good luck.

 

[nikkisharif]

If its brand new, I say get it swapped out. There's no need in trying to guess what's wrong with it when you're still well within your warranty and/or return window.

 

[csal80]

You guys are going to die when you find out what this was from which I just figured out. The apple rep didn't even know about this. Go into settings, accessibility, switch control. Turn it on and this problem will replicate for you. Useless feature that just convinced this really tech savvy guy that his iPad was messed up.


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[nikkisharif]

You guys are going to die when you find out what this was from which I just figured out. The apple rep didn't even know about this. Go into settings, accessibility, switch control. Turn it on and this problem will replicate for you. Useless feature that just convinced this really tech savvy guy that his iPad was messed up.


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Wow!!!

 

[phreddyl]

How did it get turned on in the first place

 

[csal80]

How did it get turned on in the first place

I have no idea. I think a glitch turned it on because I surely didn't.


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[phreddyl]

I have no idea. I think a glitch turned it on because I surely didn't.


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That's weird

 

[projectman]

That is very weird. It would be nice to know what the intended purpose is.

 

[csal80]

That is very weird. It would be nice to know what the intended purpose is.

I think the bar is meant to work in unison with some of the other switch features that need to be turned on at the same time for it to serve a function, but that is just my best guess. I wish apple would invest more time in advanced gestures and other cool customizations rather than switches that 1% of the population may use and 99% who have no idea what the purpose is for.


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[mikeo007]

I have no idea. I think a glitch turned it on because I surely didn't.


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Its possible you have it set as a "tripple-click" of the home button. I believe it's one of the options.

 

[mikeo007]

I think the bar is meant to work in unison with some of the other switch features that need to be turned on at the same time for it to serve a function, but that is just my best guess. I wish apple would invest more time in advanced gestures and other cool customizations rather than switches that 1% of the population may use and 99% who have no idea what the purpose is for.


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Its an accessibility option. Basically for someone disabled, they would have a switch that they can push at the appropriate time to select something that's under the blue line.

 

[Greg Hackney]

It just began last night and is about an inch wide.

 

[Greg Hackney]

It still has come back

 

[Ledsteplin]

It still has come back

So "Switch Control" is toggled off, but you still see this blue bar? Take it to Apple or whoever you nought it from and swap for another.


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[sticcity290]

Thank you so much! I've had that problem for more than a year on my old iPad. I assume it was broken...lol

 

[Mikermann]

The blue vertical bar means that someone has set some apps up for access via switch scanning. We usually do this with communication apps. Go to Settings>General>Accessibility>Switch Control, and turn that off.