Touchpad gestures

The touchpad is your PC's built-in pointing device. You can tap and swipe on the touchpad to navigate within the operating system and within apps. In addition, the Windows operating system also supports multi-finger gestures on the touchpad to enhance productivity while interacting with the operating system.

Table 1. Multi-finger touchpad gestures
Gesture Function
Swipe vertically with two fingers Scrolls pages
Place two fingers on the touchpad and pinch in or stretch out Zooms out / zooms in
Tap two fingers on the touchpad Displays the context menu (right-clicking)
Swipe up with three fingers Shows all open windows
Swipe down with three fingers Returns to the desktop
Swipe left or right with three fingers Switches between open apps
Tap three fingers on the touchpad Opens Windows Search