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<info>
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<credit type="author">
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
<years>2013, 2015</years>
</credit>
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<desc>Click, drag, or scroll using taps and gestures on your
touchpad.</desc>
</info>
<title>Click, drag, or scroll with the touchpad</title>
<p>You can click, double-click, drag, and scroll using only your touchpad,
without separate hardware buttons.</p>
<note>
<p><link xref="touchscreen-gestures">Touchpad gestures</link> are
covered separately.</p>
</note>
<section id="tap">
<title>Tap to click</title>
<media src="figures/touch-tap.svg" its:translate="no" style="floatend"/>
<p>You can tap your touchpad to click instead of using a button.</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>To click, tap on the touchpad.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>To double-click, tap twice.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>To drag an item, double-tap but don’t lift your finger after the
second tap. Drag the item where you want it, then lift your finger to
drop.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>If your touchpad supports multi-finger taps, right-click by tapping
with two fingers at once. Otherwise, you still need to use hardware
buttons to right-click. See <link xref="a11y-right-click"/> for a method
of right-clicking without a second mouse button.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>If your touchpad supports multi-finger taps,
<link xref="mouse-middleclick">middle-click</link> by tapping with three
fingers at once.</p>
</item>
</list>
<note>
<p>When tapping or dragging with multiple fingers, make sure your fingers
are spread far enough apart. If your fingers are too close, your computer
may think they’re a single finger.</p>
</note>
<steps>
<title>Enable Tap to Click</title>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
overview and start typing <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>In the <gui>Touchpad</gui> section, make sure the <gui>Touchpad</gui>
switch is set to on.</p>
<note>
<p>The <gui>Touchpad</gui> section only appears if your system has a
touchpad.</p>
</note>
</item>
<item>
<p>Switch the <gui>Tap to Click</gui> switch to on.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="twofingerscroll">
<title>Two finger scroll</title>
<media src="figures/touch-scroll.svg" its:translate="no" style="floatend"/>
<p>You can scroll using your touchpad using two fingers.</p>
<p>When this is selected, tapping and dragging with one finger will work as
normal, but if you drag two fingers across any part of the touchpad, it will
scroll instead. Move your fingers between the top and bottom of your touchpad
to scroll up and down, or move your fingers across the touchpad to scroll
sideways. Be careful to space your fingers a bit apart. If your fingers are
too close together, they just look like one big finger to your touchpad.</p>
<note>
<p>Two-finger scrolling may not work on all touchpads.</p>
</note>
<steps>
<title>Enable Two-finger Scrolling</title>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
overview and start typing <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>In the <gui>Touchpad</gui> section, make sure the <gui>Touchpad</gui>
switch is set to on.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Switch the <gui>Two-finger Scrolling</gui> switch to on.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="edgescroll">
<title>Edge scroll</title>
<media src="figures/touch-edge-scroll.svg" its:translate="no" style="floatend"/>
<p>Use edge scroll if you want to scroll with only one finger.</p>
<p>Your touchpad's specifications should give the exact
location of the sensors for edge scrolling. Typically, the vertical
scroll sensor is on a touchpad's right-hand side. The horizontal
sensor is on the touchpad's bottom edge.</p>
<p>To scroll vertically, drag your finger up and down the right-hand
edge of the touchpad. To scroll horizontally, drag your finger across
the bottom edge of the touchpad.</p>
<note>
<p>Edge scrolling may not work on all touchpads.</p>
</note>
<steps>
<title>Enable Edge Scrolling</title>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
overview and start typing <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>In the <gui>Touchpad</gui> section, make sure the <gui>Touchpad</gui>
switch is set to on.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Switch the <gui>Edge Scrolling</gui> switch to on.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="contentsticks">
<title>Natural scrolling</title>
<p>You can drag content as if sliding a physical piece of paper using the
touchpad.</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
overview and start typing <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Mouse & Touchpad</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>In the <gui>Touchpad</gui> section, make sure that the
<gui>Touchpad</gui> switch is set to on.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Switch the <gui>Natural Scrolling</gui> switch to on.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note>
<p>This feature is also known as <em>Reverse Scrolling</em>.</p>
</note>
</section>
</page>
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