SHOW ME: Far better than the Windows task switcher, this is the Instant Viewer we want to see in Windows 8 We love this and we're hoping we get it in built in to Windows 8, as well as the endless swipe to switch tablet apps one at a time. Swipe up with three fingers and you get an Expose style set of thumbnails of all your open windows called Instant Viewer. Swipe down with three fingers (or four, it doesn't matter at this point) and you minimise all open windows and show the desktop – the Windows 7 Aero Peek feature you can also get by clicking at the end of the taskbar. If Windows 8 lets you two-finger swipe left and right in the desktop view for classic Aero Snap and in the tablet view for this split-screen view it would be almost as fluid as using a touchscreen. That works on Windows 8 without a touchscreen, but involves holding one finger on the touchpad while you slide a second finger – kind of fiddly. In the Windows 8 touch demos we've seen a tablet version of Snap that lets you split the screen into two different sized windows. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: The practice interface shows how simple the gestures are Swipe two fingers left or right across the Touch Mouse and that snaps the current window to take up the left or right side of the screen with Aero Snap it's like you're pushing the window to where you want it to go.
#Mouse gestures windows full#
Lion has a pinch gesture for making a window full screen or restoring it, but that only works in Quick Look. Swipe up a second time - or start by swiping up - and you maximise that window - swipe down again to shrink it back down. Swipe down with two fingers here and you minimise the current window swipe up again and you restore it to the original size. You only need one finger to make that work with the Touch Mouse. Use two fingers on almost any touchpad these days (including Lion) and you scroll through the current window.
#Mouse gestures windows mac os x#
Mac OS X Lion MacBooks and Synaptics touchpads on recent Windows notebooks have a swipe gesture that takes you back and forward in a similar way, but it takes three fingers swiping with your thumb feels much more natural. CONTROL: Changing the Touch Mouse propertiesīut this could be a gesture you would use inside applications, like the Flicks that Windows 7 has, and it could work as well on a touchpad on a notebook as well as on a tablet touch screen.
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