10 gestures that are useful to users of Windows 10

In Windows 10, but new keyboard shortcuts, which we will told previously, additional gestures to work with the touchpad. They allow you to easily and quickly perform actions without a mouse and keyboard. And because all users, often working in conditions where you can not use a mouse, just need to know them.

First of all, you should know that Windows 10 was developed with an eye to the fact that it will be used on devices equipped with new high-precision touch panels. Currently, however, such panels have not yet widely used, and most laptops conventional touchpads used. Therefore, not all the gestures described below, it will be available on your device.

Check how the touchpad is installed in your computer, it is possible at the following address: «Start» → «Settings» → «Devices» → «Mouse and Touchpad." If you have a high-precision touch panel, you'll see a record of it in the "Touchpad". But even if you have a standard touchpad, do not worry - many gestures will be available and you only need to experiment a bit to find out what it is.

1. Scrolling the page up or down

Two fingers on the touch panel and swipe up or down.

2. Scroll the page to the right or to the left

Two fingers on the TouchPad and drag them across to the right side of the horizontal.

3. Call the context menu

Tap with two fingers brings up a context menu that appears usually by right-clicking the mouse. In some models, the touch panels of the same can be achieved tapom in the lower right corner of the touchpad.

4. Displays all running applications

Swipe with three fingers from the bottom up, that there was a panel with thumbnails of running programs windows (Alt + Tab) in front of you. You can simply swipe left or right to switch to the desired application.

5. Closing panel window manager

This gesture acts opposite the previous one. If your application displays the switch panel, this gesture will hide it.

6. Minimizing all windows

If you have multiple windows open, then swipe down with three fingers on the touchpad to minimize them and show the desktop.

7. Restore minimized windows

Action, opposite the previous one. If you turned off in the Taskbar application window, then this gesture will restore their original state.

8. Switch between open windows

Swipe left or right with three fingers will allow you to cycle between multiple open windows.

9. Call the search panel

Make three-finger tap to display the Windows 10 search bar or a virtual voice assistant Cortana in front of you (in those countries where this feature is available).

10. Zoom in or out

Place two fingers on the touchpad, and then start to breed them or reduce. This gesture can not only change the scale of the image display in the viewer and image editors, but also works in many browsers, allowing you to quickly change the size of text on the page.

As I mentioned above, these gestures are supported not in all configurations. But it also happens that some of them are simply turned off by the manufacturer in the settings of the touchpad driver. So do not be lazy to open the device properties ( "Control Panel» → «Touch Panel") and activate the functionality you need.

And what TouchPad gestures you use most frequently in Windows 10?