Windows Touch gestures

Touch pad gestures

In short, in this article, Touch gestures 1 to 4 can be used on any kind of trackpad, while gestures 5 through 8 require a precise touchpad.

1. Dragging

To simulate the drag-and-drop function of a mouse, simply double-tap a finger on an item and drag it . When dragged to the desired position, lift your fingertips and you can place the item in place.

2. Roll screen

To simulate the scrolling of the mouse, just drag the two fingers in the direction you want to scroll to the screen. This feature is available for any application that supports scrolling, including word processing, web browsers, and music players, and supports horizontal and vertical scrolling.

3. Zooming

To simulate the zoom feature used on most smartphones, you only need to pinch (zoom out) or extrude (zoom in) with two fingers. This is very useful for browsing pages that have smaller fonts. If you need to do some quick picture editing, the zoom function will also help you.

4. Rotate

You can select certain items and then rotate them with two fingers . But keep in mind that not all projects can be rotated.

Please note that you may need to turn on the rotation function in the trackpad settings first. Enter settings > Devices > Mouse and trackpad > additional mouse options . Search for a setting here, locate the button below the device settings, and turn on the multi-finger operation function.

5. Context Menu

Most trackpad will provide a button to display the right-click menu, but if you do not have this button on your trackpad, or if the button is broken, or you do not want to use it, then you can simply stick out two fingers and tap to complete the task. This is useful for displaying context menus for network links or for file manipulation in a file browser.

6. Show All Windows

The task view feature provided in Windows 10 is an amazing feature. It can help you quickly get to the view of all open windows, easily select the window you need from the view, and no longer need to loop using the Alt-tab key to switch. Task view functionality is especially useful when working with multiple virtual desktops.

The task view can be opened in a number of different ways, but there is no way to make it easier to swipe up on the trackpad with three fingers . When the task view is open, you can click to switch to the window you want to enter, and if you don't want to select any of the Windows, swipe the task view off with three fingers.

7. Minimize All windows

There are many versions of Windows that show the functionality of the desktop, but now we have a new way to do it. With three fingers sweeping the trackpad from top to bottom , all open windows are temporarily minimized. And the relative three fingers from the bottom of the sweep, the window will be restored.

Of course, using Windows shortcut keys can do the same thing. But if your hand is already on the trackpad, why touch the keyboard?

8. Switch to the next application

Using keyboard shortcuts to toggle open applications is what every Windows user should know. I use it countless times a day, which has become a part of my life.

But Windows 10 now provides an easier way to do the same thing: swipe left or right on the trackpad with three fingers . Swipe left to find the application backwards, and to the right is to look forward.

9. Activate Cortana or action Center

The Smart Assistant in Windows 10, Cortana, can help you do a lot of cool things, like searching the web or controlling music playback. The new Action Center also has amazing quick setup management capabilities. All two functions can be operated by a simple three-finger touch pad .

The trackpad settings for Windows 10 allow you to decide which gestures to use to activate Cortana or to open action Center. If you don't want to use both of these features, you can also easily disable Cortana or adjust the registry to disable action Center.

Touch screen gestures

If you have a Windows touchscreen device such as a tablet, you can use these gestures. Let's check if the touchscreen is up to par. Open settings, select Change PC settings >pc and devices, then select PC Info. Here, you can know the details of the touchscreen.

1. Scrolling

To imitate the scrolling function of the mouse, simply use one finger, press on the screen and drag in the direction you want to scroll . This is now a very versatile gesture that is supported by both horizontal and vertical scrolling, regardless of whether any application is available.

2. Dragging

The mouse drag and drop function is also very simple. You can change the position of the item simply by dragging it in the opposite direction of the scrolling operation with one finger . For example, for a list that scrolls up and down, press the edge of the list, drag it to where you want it to be, and release your finger.

3. Context Menu

To achieve a right-click menu function, just use one finger to press the item, do not release, wait a moment, a menu will open , which contains all the actions you can take it or the details.

4.Action Center

To open Action Center , simply swipe from the right edge of the touchscreen with one finger . You can see Action Center as the successor to charms bar in Windows 8, which is no longer in use: it is used to quickly access and change different system settings.

5. Bring up the task view

If you want to see all open apps, you can swipe from the left edge of the touchscreen with one finger , which opens the task view on the screen. Here you can see all the open windows, click on the desired window to switch to the front-end, if you click in a blank location will retract the task view .

If you want to intercept, move, or close a window, you can press and hold the item, and the menu will pop up.

Note : This feature requires a screen resolution of at least 768.

6. Application commands

Some applications have their own special commands that can be done by dragging their fingers from the top or bottom of the touchscreen, such as the Refresh feature in a Web browser or the new feature in a text editor. These features are not available for every application, but are very effective for specific applications.

7. Close the current app

You can use one finger to swipe from the top of the touchscreen to the bottom of the touch screen to close the currently open app . Turning off open apps frees up resources to prevent the system from being too bloated and causing performance degradation.

Note : This feature can only be used in tablet mode.

8. Zooming

To simulate the zoom feature used on most smartphones, you only need to pinch (zoom out) or extrude (zoom in) with two fingers.

9. Rotate

Select the item and then use two fingers to rotate it . But keep in mind that not all items can be rotated, and sometimes this gesture is used to rotate the entire screen, depending on the situation.

Windows Touch gestures