Touch and gestures
Click, drag, scroll and zoom with your fingers, in Touch or Trackpad mode.
Touch and Trackpad mode
Tap Pointer in the toolbar to switch. BoxView says which mode you're in.
- Touch: the Mac's pointer jumps to your finger. Dragging one finger moves the view.
- Trackpad: dragging one finger moves the pointer, like a laptop's trackpad, and the view follows it. Set its speed with Tracking speed in the session controls.
New sessions start in the mode set in Settings › Controls › Virtual Cursor Mode.
Gestures
These work in both modes:
| Gesture | On the Mac |
|---|---|
| Tap | Click |
| Tap twice | Double-click |
| Tap with two fingers | Right-click |
| Tap with three fingers | Middle-click |
| Swipe with two fingers | Scroll, with momentum |
| Pinch | Zoom the view in or out |
| Touch and hold, then move | Drag with the left button |
| Touch and hold with two or three fingers, then move | Drag with the right or middle button |
| Swipe up or down with three fingers | Mission Control, or App Exposé |
| Swipe left or right with three fingers | Move to the next Space |
| Swipe in from an edge | Move the pointer to that edge, such as the menu bar or the Dock |
| Swipe in from near a corner | A Hot Corner |
| Double-tap with two fingers | Show or hide the toolbar |
While you drag, a ring shows which button is held: blue for left, red for right, green for middle.
Fine-tune
In the Mac's Controls settings:
- On-Screen Touch-and-Hold Drag Delay: how long to hold before a drag starts.
- Turn Off Zooming: pinches no longer zoom.
Use Momentum Scrolling in the Mac's Advanced settings turns the glide after a scroll on or off.