Gestures on MacBook and MacBook Pro

Sure, the new MacBook Air has a multi-touch capable trackpad and supports gestures, but did you know that the MacBook and MacBook Pro also support gestures?

Not some of the fancier ones like pinch and expand or rotate, but still some useful ones that you may not already know about:

• Scrolling: Place two fingers on the trackpad and move them up and down or side to side to scroll your active application window (it needs to have scrollbars and have a place to scroll too first, of course). Leopard can also do a diagonal scroll if you have both “Use two fingers to scroll” and “Allow horizontal scrolling” enabled in System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > Trackpad.

• Screen Zoom: Hold your CTRL key, place two fingers on your trackpad and move your fingers up to zoom in and down to zoom out.

• Tap: Make sure that “Clicking” is enabled in System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > Trackpad and tapping on something will be the same as clicking on it.

• Click and Drag: Drag an item by double-tapping your trackpad and dragging it without lifting your finger. “Clicking” and “Dragging” must both be enabled in System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > Trackpad.

• Drag Lock: Works with Click and Drag, requires you to tap once on your trackpad to release a dragged item. “Clicking”, “Dragging” and “Drag Lock” must all be enabled in System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > Trackpad.

• Secondary Click: Do the same thing as a right-click on a mouse or CTRL+click to open a contextual menu by tapping on an item or window with two fingers on the trackpad. “Tap trackpad for secondary click using two fingers for secondary click” must be enabled in System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > Trackpad.

[Via The Apple Blog]