iPad Photos - Can only select, can no longer tap to view

I been having the same problem for these last updates too! It’s really disturbs the workflow, and as said even if you restart it the same problem appears again after a short period of time. Did anyone hear any news on this?

dear apple, please fix that. otherwise i’ll need to refund my folio keyboard

After reading through the comments, i detached my magic keyboard (in its entirety) from the iPad and the problem disappeared. So this seems to have to do with the magic keyboard being connected to the iPad even if not in the 'docked' mode.

SOLUTION- there is a temporary solution to this:

press and hold the image until it gets a little bigger and tap that to get it full screen.

I had the same issue and found that if I detached my Magic Keyboard it would stop doing this.

I started having the same issue just yesterday. I don't have the magic keyboard.

The temporary solution with the hold then tap works but this is annoying.

Went to settings, general, shut down and powered it off and turned it back on. It started working again. I will see if it will start doing that again later.

I had this issue and I found that if you tap and hold until the image gets a little bigger then tap it again it goes full screen, hope that helps.

I sure would love to know the answer to this! It’s driving me crazy. Problem seems to crop up randomly, although recently. I can resolve the problem temporarily by re-starting my ipad but its a pain in the A for sure!

Come on Apple - this needs fixing. This has been happening for the last several updates. The only back door I can find to open, and then edit if required is to ‘select’ just the one photo you want. Then tap and hold to get the menu options. There is no option to open, but while this menu is open, another tap on the photo will open it, and allows access to the edit selection. This is crazy, especially if you have several photos you want to look through!

As mentioned previously, a full shutdown and restart gets it working normally again, but sometimes only for a few minutes!

Anyone…..?

There is a solution remove. Your Magic Keyboard ⌨️ wait for a few secs then out it back on.

another one is settings, general, shut down and power off then on again

That is an interesting clue to why some people have this happen repeatedly while most never experience it. Do the rest of you also have Magic Keyboards attached? (Even then, that's not a full explanation. My Magic Keyboard hasn't caused the problem, but maybe yours has a physical problem mine doesn't.)

I've been having this same issue for weeks now and it's driving me mad. The only fix is to restart the iPad, but then an hour later it starts happening again!

Is there an answer for this yet?

Has there been a solution for this????

this is soo annoying and loose my patients 😭😭😭😭