Why iPad is not a large iPhone
The same gestures recur, but iPad applications often expose sidebars, toolbars, columns, inspectors, and desktop-class controls. Layout can also change with orientation and window size.
Touch and keyboard
Touch exploration and sequential swipes remain foundational. External-keyboard use receives an equal practical path because many iPad workflows involve typing and productivity applications.
Dense interfaces
The guide covers navigation between major regions, grouped controls, tables, editors, forms, popovers, and transitions between sidebar selections and detail content.
Product-team implications
Check that reading order survives responsive layout changes, that focus follows meaningful content updates, and that keyboard operation does not expose a different or incomplete interface.
Advanced: multitasking
A later section covers app switching, multiple windows, changing window sizes, and context preservation. These are excluded from the basic cheat sheet.
Practical route
Use the practice lab in a single browser window. Find the main regions, operate the form, trigger an error, and confirm that focus and announcements remain coherent in portrait and landscape.