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Touchpad gestures

NOTE Some touchpad gestures may not be supported on your computer.
NOTE You can change the touchpad gestures settings by double‑clicking the touchpad icon in the notification area.

Your computer may support Scroll, Zoom, Rotate, Flick, and Quick Launch gestures.

Table 1. List of touchpad gesturesThis table lists the commonly used touchpad gestures.
Scroll

Image: Touchpad Pan

Pan—Move the focus on the selected object when the entire object is not visible. Move two fingers in the desired direction to pan scroll the selected object.

Image: Vertical Auto Scroll

Vertical Auto‑Scroll—Scroll up or down on the active window.

Move two fingers up or down at a fast pace to start vertical auto‑scroll.

Tap on the touchpad to stop auto‑scroll.

Image: Horizontal Auto Scroll

Horizontal Auto‑Scroll—Scroll left or right on the active window.

Move two fingers left or right at a fast pace to start horizontal auto‑scroll.

Tap on the touchpad to stop auto scrolling.

Image: Circular Up/Down

Circular Scroll Up/Down—Scroll up or down.

In the vertical‑scroll zone at the right edge of the touchpad, move your finger clockwise to scroll up and counterclockwise to scroll down.

Image: Circular L/R

Circular Scroll Left/Right—Scroll left or right.

In the horizontal‑scroll zone at the bottom edge of the touchpad, move your finger clockwise to scroll right and counterclockwise to scroll left.

Zoom

Image: One Finger zoom

One‑finger zoom—Zoom-in or zoom-out by moving one finger in the zoom zone (at the left edge of the touchpad).

Move a finger up in the zoom zone to zoom‑in.

Image: Zoom outMove a finger down in the zoom zone to zoom‑out.
Image: 2 Finger Zoom

Two‑finger zoom—Zoom-in or zoom-out using two fingers.

Place two fingers on the touchpad and then move them apart to zoom‑in.

Image: 2 finer Zoom out

Place two fingers on the touchpad and then bring them closer to zoom‑out.

Rotate

Image: Rotate

Twist—Rotate active content, in 90‑degree increments, using two fingers.

Keeping the thumb in place, move the index finger in an arched direction right or left to rotate the selected item 90‑degree clockwise or counterclockwise.

Flick

Image: Flick

Flip content forward or backward.

Move three fingers quickly to the left or right to flip content backwards or forward.

Quick Launch

Image: Favorites

Open your favorite applications.

Tap three fingers on the touchpad to launch the pre-configured application.

NOTE Use the touchpad configuration tool to choose the application to be launched.

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