Summary of Touchpad Operations on Windows 10, Windows 11

This updated overview organizes the essential information about Summary of Touchpad Operations on Windows 10, Windows 11, including practical uses, key features, setup considerations, and common questions.

In case the computer mouse is broken, we can switch to using the Touchpad on Windows. To be able to use Touchpad fluently or quickly on Windows, you need to know some basic operations such as selecting content, moving objects on the computer using Touchpad. The article below will summarize Touchpad operations on Windows.

Summary of touch operations on Windows 11

For devices with touch screens installed with Windows 11, you can see some operations on the Windows 11 touch screen below.

Note that you need to enable 3-finger and 4-finger gestures in settings. Go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Touch and turn on gestures for fingers in the displayed list.

Select an item: Tap the screen.

Scroll the screen: Place two fingers on the screen and slide horizontally or vertically.

Zoom in or out: Place two fingers on the screen and pinch or pinch.

Show more commands (like right-click): Press and hold the item.

Show all open windows: Swipe three fingers up the screen.

Show the desktop: Swipe three fingers down on the screen.

Switch to the most recently opened app: Swipe three fingers left or right on the screen.

Open the notification center: Swipe one finger in from the right edge of the screen.

View widgets: Swipe one finger in from the left edge of the screen.

Switch desktops: Swipe four fingers left or right on the screen.

Touchpad operation on Windows 11

Select an item: Tap the trackpad.

Scroll: Place two fingers on the touchpad and slide horizontally or vertically.

Zoom in or out: Place two fingers on the touchpad and pinch or spread.

Show more commands (like right-click): Tap the touchpad with two fingers or tap down in the lower right corner

Show all open windows: Swipe three fingers up on the touchpad.

Show the desktop: Swipe three fingers down on the touchpad.

Switch between open windows or apps: Swipe three fingers left or right on the touchpad

Switch desktops: Swipe four fingers left or right on the touchpad.

Touchpad operations and gestures on Windows 10

Select any item : touch Touchpad.

Scroll the Windows 10 screen : use two fingers to drag forward or backward to scroll the screen.

Slide : place 2 fingers on the Touchpad and then slide horizontally or vertically on the screen as desired.

Zoom in or out : place 2 fingers on the Touchpad, then pinch to zoom in or out.

Right-click : touch the Touchpad with two fingers. Or we can tap on the bottom right area of ??the Touchpad.

Open Task View : place 3 fingers on the Touchpad and slide up.

Show Desktop screen : place 3 fingers on Touchpad and slide down.

Switch between open windows : place 3 fingers on the Touchpad, then slide left or right.

Move an open window : double-click the title bar and then drag to move the window.

Open Cortana : touch the Touchpad with two fingers to activate Cortana.

In addition, we can also replace the Cortana opening gesture to open Action Center by changing the default display in Settings > Devices > Mouse & touchpad on Windows 10 computers.

Besides, when we click on Additional mouse options below, settings will appear to adjust many parameters related to the mouse.

In the Mouse Properties interface , we can adjust a number of mouse-related operations depending on the user.

Above are some of the Touchpad operations and gestures on Windows 10. When using Touchpad, using and opening some commands on the computer is faster and simpler than when we use the keyboard or mouse. However, if you find using Touchpads quite troublesome, you can disable them in this tutorial Summary of some ways to turn off Touchpads on Laptops.