Withthetrackpad,youalsocanperformavarietyoftouchgestures.Forinformationaboutusingthetouch
gestures,see“Trackpadtouchgestures”onpage24
.
Trackpadtouchgestures
Theentiretrackpadsurfaceissensitivetofingertouchandmovement.Youcanusethetrackpadtoperform
thesamepointandclickactionsasyouwouldusingatraditionalmouse.Youalsocanusethetrackpad
toperformavarietyoftouchgestures.
Thistopicintroducesthefrequentlyusedtouchgesturessuchastapping,dragging,scrolling,androtating.
Formoregestures,seethehelpinformationsystemoftheThinkPadpointingdevice.
Notes:
•Whenusingtwoormorefingers,ensurethatyoupositionyourfingersslightlyapart.
•SomegesturesarenotavailableifthelastactionwasdonefromtheTrackPointpointingdevice.
•Somegesturesareonlyavailablewhenyouareusingcertainapps.
Tap
Tapanywhereonthetrackpad
withonefingertoselectoropen
anitem.
Two-fingertap
Tapanywhereonthetrackpadwith
twofingerstodisplayashortcut
menu.
Two-fingerscroll
Puttwofingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemintheverticalor
horizontaldirection.Thisaction
enablesyoutoscrollthroughthe
document,Website,orapps.
Two-fingerzoomout
Puttwofingersonthetrackpadand
movethemclosertogethertozoom
out.
Two-fingerzoomin
Puttwofingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemfartherapartto
zoomin.
ThefollowingsectionintroducessometouchgesturesavailableonlyontheWindows10operatingsystem.
Swipethreefingersup
Putthreefingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemuptoopenthe
taskviewtoseeallyouropen
windows.
Swipethreefingersdown
Putthreefingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemdowntoshowthe
desktop.
CustomizingtheThinkPadpointingdevice
YoucancustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevicesoyoucanuseitmorecomfortablyandefficiently.For
example,youcanchoosetoenabletheTrackPointpointingdevice,thetrackpad,orboth.Youalsocan
disableorenablethetouchgestures.
TocustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevice,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse.TheMousePropertieswindowisdisplayed.
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