Post #4332458

2026-07-05 12:18 UTC

Feels like most often the close buttons are placed on the trailing position. To me that is probably a remnant of the old placement of the “Done” button of pre iOS 26 aera, which always placed it on the trailing side. 2/5 🧵

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@alexkaessner@mas.to 2026-07-05 12:22

A reason for the trailing placement is probably also the “Apple Account” branding or the placement of leading controls like segmented controls, search fields, and so on. Apps like Maps, Numbers, Wallet, Home, and Weather do this. Though, other apps also place buttons and segemented controls in the toolbar and have a leading close button like Safari, Calendar, Journal, Reminders. Another reason of the trailing positioning is the multi-step flow like for the account sheets in App Store, Music, etc. This ensures the close button stays in the same location even when navigating around. Though interestingly, Apple does switch that pattern around in some apps like Health. The close is on the leading end and changes to a checkmark on the trailing end when navigating down (in some views). That actually matches with the HIG! 3/5 🧵

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