Trackpad Gestures
You can change many of these gestures, or turn them on and off, in the Trackpad pane of System Preferences. But here are the factory settings:
Two-finger click | Right-click |
Two-finger drag up/down | Scroll up/down |
Two-finger swipe left-/right | Move among open Web or document pages |
Two-finger pinch or spread | Zoom in or out of a picture, PDF, or Web page |
Two-finger rotate | Rotate photo or PDF |
Two-finger double-tap (not click) | “Smart zoom” into Safari or Preview page |
Three-finger swipe up | Mission Control |
Three-finger swipe down | Show all windows in this app (Exposé) |
Three-finger swipe left/right | Previous/next Spaces screen or full-screen app |
Four-finger pinch | Open Launchpad |
Four-finger spread | Reveal desktop (Exposé) |
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