A Guide to Touchpad Gestures on Windows 11

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The post provides instructions on using touchpad gestures on laptops with Windows 11. These gestures function like keyboard or mouse shortcuts, enabling various actions like item selection and windows switching. It also details how to determine if your laptop supports precision touchpads and how to enable or disable your touchpad.

This post shows students and new users steps to use touchpad gestures on laptops with Windows 11. A touch gesture is a physical activity performed on a touchpad by one’s finger(s).

Touch gestures are like keyboard/mouse shortcuts for your devices with touchpads. You can perform many actions using your fingers, including selecting items, showing all windows, switching desktops, and many more actions that can be performed with your fingers on touchpad devices.

For example, tap the touchpad with three fingers to open Windows Search. Tap the touchpad with four fingers to open Calendar & Notifications. Many more gestures can be used to perform simple tasks on Windows 11.

Some of these gestures will only work with precision touchpads. Select Start Settings Bluetooth & devices  Touchpad to determine if your laptop has one.

Also, if your device’s touchpad is disabled or you want to enable it, read the post below.

How to turn the touchpad on or off on Windows 11

Below, we’ll provide a list of touchpad gestures for Windows 11 to get work done.

How to use touch gestures in Windows 11

As mentioned above, touch gestures let you perform physical actions on a touchpad with your finger(s).

Note: When touch gestures are enabled, your apps’ three- and four-finger interactions might not work. To continue using these interactions in your apps, turn off this setting.

ActionGestures
Select an itemTap touchpad
ScrollPlace two fingers on the touchpad and slide horizontally or vertically
Zoom in or outPlace two fingers on the touchpad and pinch in or stretch out
Show more commands (like right-clicking)Tap the touchpad with two fingers or press down in the lower-right corner
Show all open windowsSwipe with three fingers up on the touchpad 
Show the desktopSwipe with three fingers down on the touchpad 
Switch between open apps or windows Swipe with three fingers left or right on the touchpad
Switch desktopsSwipe with four fingers to the left or right on the touchpad

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to use touch gestures with touchpad devices running Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.

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