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Investigating: Tables don’t wrap text properly at high text magnification in landscape mode (iPad/iPhone)
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

  • Open the Wikipedia app on an iPad mini (7th gen) or iPhone
  • Navigate to any article that contains tables
  • Increase text magnification to a size above "Medium" using system accessibility settings
  • Switch the device to landscape orientation
  • Observe how the table content displays

What happens?:
When text magnification is increased and the device is in landscape mode, the content inside tables does not wrap correctly. Instead, it overflows outside the visible screen area, forcing the user to scroll horizontally to read the full content. This negatively impacts readability and user experience.

What should have happened instead?:
Text inside tables should automatically wrap or adjust in landscape mode—regardless of magnification setting—so that it remains readable without requiring horizontal scrolling.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
Wikipedia iOS app version: 7.7.7.5447
iOS version: 18.5
Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
Screen recording[[ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l2--Tk1mR9KGlYIZaU5VsnwKU9FEyFAY/view?usp=sharing | video ]].
The user mentioned that in portrait mode the tables behave correctly regardless the text magnification

Event Timeline

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Looks good on 7.8.1 (5733)

Tested on iPhone on iOS 26.0 and iPad on iPadOS 18.5. Tested on multiple infoboxes

Look good on 7.8.2 (5803)

Tested on iPad Pro 12.9 on iOS 26. Tested multiple articles