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Touchpad basics

The touchpad controls the arrow (or 'cursor') on the screen. As you slide your finger across the touchpad, the cursor will follow this movement.

Note

The touchpad is sensitive to finger movement; the lighter the touch, the better the response. Please keep the touchpad and your fingers dry and clean.

The cursor is controlled by some basic gestures:

•• Single-finger slide: Slide a finger across the touchpad to move the cursor.

•• Single-finger press or tap : Press the touchpad down, or lightly tap the touchpad with your finger, to perform a 'click', which will select or start an item. Quickly repeat the tap to perform a double tap or 'double click'.

•• Single-finger press in the bottom-right corner: Press the bottom right corner of the touchpad to perform a 'right click'. In the

Start screen, this will toggle the app commands, in most apps this will open a context menu related to the selected item.

•• Drag : Press and hold the bottom left corner of the touchpad, or tap twice anywhere on the touchtap, then slide a second finger across the touchpad to select all items in an area.

Touchpad gestures

Windows 8.1 and many applications support touchpad gestures that use one or more fingers.

Note

Support for touchpad gestures depends on the active application.

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This allows you to control applications with a few simple gestures, such as:

•• Swipe in from edge: Access Windows tools by swiping into the center of the touchpad from the right or left edge.

•• Swipe in from right: Toggle the charms.

•• Swipe in from left: Switch to the previous app.

•• Two-finger slide: Swiftly scroll through web pages, documents and playlists by placing two fingers on the touchpad and moving both in any direction.

•• Two-finger pinch: Zoom in and out of photos, maps and documents with a simple finger-and-thumb gesture.