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iPad: Unable to enable Graph-on-Parent for abstraction canvas #2366

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@atrianglehead

Environment

  • plugdata 0.9.3
  • Standalone app
  • iPadOS 26.5

Description

I'm trying to create an abstraction with Graph-on-Parent entirely on the iPad.

On desktop, this is done by enabling Graph-on-Parent in the canvas properties.

On iPad, I can't find any way to access the main canvas properties:

  • Tapping the patch background and opening the Inspector shows "Inspector: empty".
  • I don't see the usual desktop option to enable Graph-on-Parent for the abstraction canvas.

What works

  • Creating abstractions

  • Editing abstractions

  • Using existing Graph-on-Parent abstractions

  • Manually adding a line like

    #X coords 0 0 150 30 150 30 1 0 0;

    to the .pd file enables Graph-on-Parent correctly.

Expected behavior

There should be a way to enable/configure Graph-on-Parent for an abstraction from the iPad UI, or documentation describing the intended workflow if it already exists.

Question

Is this functionality currently unavailable on iPad, or am I missing where these canvas properties are located?

Testing Notes

I verified that Graph-on-Parent itself works on iPad once the #X coords line is present, so the issue appears to be exposing the canvas settings rather than rendering GOP.

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