Using MonuDesk on an iPad or Tablet

MonuDesk works on an iPad or tablet, not just on a desktop. The app now detects when you're on a touchscreen and adjusts how cards drag, how controls are tapped, and how the screen is laid out. You don't have to turn anything on. Open MonuDesk in your tablet browser and the touch behaviors come on automatically.

This works on any iPad whether or not you have a Magic Keyboard or trackpad attached. A desktop computer with a touchscreen monitor will also pick up these touch behaviors; a regular laptop with a trackpad (but no touchscreen) stays on the desktop experience.

Dragging order cards on touch

On the Orders board, scrolling and dragging share the same finger, so MonuDesk tells them apart by how you touch the card.

• A quick swipe scrolls. Flick a card up, down, or sideways and the column or board scrolls, and nothing moves.

• A press-and-hold drags. Press a card and hold for about a fifth of a second (~180ms), then move your finger to pick the card up and drop it in another stage. The short delay is deliberate so an ordinary scroll never starts a drag by accident.

• Use the grip handle. Each card has a grip handle next to its title. Dragging from the handle moves the card, while dragging from the card body scrolls the board, so you keep both gestures on the same card.

While you drag, two fingers (or the scrollbar) pan the board and cancel any drag that was starting, so you can always reposition the board without dropping a card. When you drag toward the edge of the screen, the board auto-scrolls at a slow, steady pace instead of racing away. As you move, a translucent preview of the card follows your finger and shows exactly where it will land.

Taps instead of hovers

On a desktop, some buttons only appear when you hover the mouse over them. A finger can't hover, so on touch those controls are always visible and sized to tap.

• The mark-done checkbox on dashboard to-dos stays visible so you can complete tasks without a mouse.

• Smart Prefill suggestions and similar quick actions have larger hit areas so they're easy to tap.

A few hover-only spots are still being converted, so the occasional control may feel small on touch. Most everyday actions are already tap-ready.

Full-screen views and tablet layout

• The board fits your screen. On a tablet the Orders board is its natural width instead of forcing you to pan sideways through empty space. Wide layouts only kick in on a desktop-sized screen.

• Forms reflow. Multi-column form and wizard grids stack into fewer columns on a narrower tablet screen, so fields aren't crammed together.

• Detail views go full-screen. The order overview and other detail panels use the full screen on a tablet: notes and files collapse to one column, the header stacks neatly, and drawings get a clear close button.

• Wide pop-ups get a margin. Large modals are capped so they sit inside the screen with a margin instead of running edge-to-edge, and the app respects the safe-area insets around a notched iPad's screen.

Related articles:

• Understanding the Order Board

• What Each Order Card Shows

• Your First Look at MonuDesk