Basic Touch Gestures
| Description | Action | |
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| Tap | Touch screen briefly | |
| Double-tap | Touch screen briefly twice | |
| Triple-tap | Touch screen briefly three times | |
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Touch |
Touch screen and hold. This multi-touch icon pops up to show the difference between a tap and a touch. |
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| Drag | Touch screen, move finger or pen across screen | |
| Delayed drag |
Touch screen, wait briefly, then move finger or pen across screen. This multi-touch icon comes up to show that the input for the next selection will be an Alt reference (normally highlighted in blue.) |
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| Flick | Touch screen, move finger or pen a few inches, then remove finger or pen from screen | |
| Hover | Move pen over screen without touching -- only works with a pen | |
| Radial menu |
Touch the screen with one finger and tap with two others to invoke the radial menu. Switch between radial menus with successive two-finger taps or a following tap in the center of the menu. Radial menus are disabled when using the gizmo. |
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| Hold |
An animation is displayed when you use a multi-touch gesture with a pause, such as touching with two fingers, waiting, and then dragging to invoke gesture mode. The animation shows the wait time as the circle is drawn. When the circle is complete, then the wait time has been reached and the alternate behavior is invoked. If you lift or move your finger before the circle is complete, then the alternate behavior or mode is not invoked. So in this example of two fingers touching, it would revert to panning the view. Hold one, two, three or four fingers to invoke different functions. |
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