# Off-screen buttons on iPhone
**URL:** https://talk.observablehq.com/t/off-screen-buttons-on-iphone/719
**Category:** Feedback
**Created:** [May 5, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/off-screen-buttons-on-iphone/719 "2018-05-05T10:33:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@magjac](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/magjac)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/off-screen-buttons-on-iphone/719/1 "2018-05-05T10:33:41Z")
Hi, I’m magjac. I’m an Observable-a-holic. I’m currently at sea and my laptop has run out of battery so I’m hackning away om my iPhone. This is possible, but extremely difficult since the buttons to the left are placed almost completely off-screen. Espcially when the phone is in upright position.
I realize this might not be of top priority, but it would be nice if it worked well.
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### Author:  [@magjac](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/magjac)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/off-screen-buttons-on-iphone/719/2 "2018-05-05T10:41:16Z")
Cell names are not visible at all.
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### Author:  [@mbostock](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mbostock)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/off-screen-buttons-on-iphone/719/3 "2018-05-05T14:06:23Z")
If you tap the pencil icon that floats in the lower left corner, the gutter will slide in to make the cell names visible.
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### Author:  [@magjac](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/magjac)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/off-screen-buttons-on-iphone/719/4 "2018-05-05T15:13:14Z")
Thanks. That solved the problem.🙂
Still, not the full variables names are not visible, but that’s no big deal.
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### Author:  [@magjac](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/magjac)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/off-screen-buttons-on-iphone/719/5 "2018-05-12T11:20:53Z")
The pencil is visible when in upright position, but not in when the iPhone is turned. However, if the pencil is clicked before turning it works fine, i.e. the left buttons remain visible.