Michael Hill
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Manipulate your desktop using gestures on your touchscreen.
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# Use touchscreen gestures to navigate the desktop

Multitouch gestures can be used on touchscreens for system navigation, as well as in applications.

A number of applications make use of gestures. In Document Viewer, documents can be zoomed and swiped with gestures, and Image Viewer allows you to zoom, rotate and pan.

# System-wide gestures

| Open the Activities Overview Bring three or more fingers closer together while touching the screen.
| Open the Applications View Slide right from the left screen edge.
| Bring down the notifications list Slide down from the top center edge.
| Bring down the system menu Slide down from the top right edge.
| Bring up the on-screen keyboard Slide up from the bottom screen edge.
| Switch Application Hold three fingers on the surface while tapping with the fourth.
| Switch Workspace Drag up or down with four fingers touching the screen.

# Application gestures

| Open an item, launch an application, play a song Tap on an item.
| Select an item and list actions that can be performed Press and hold for a second or two.
| Scroll the area on the screen Drag: slide a finger touching the surface.
| Change the zoom level of a view (Maps, Photos) Two-finger pinch or stretch: Touch the surface with two fingers while bringing them closer or further apart.
| Rotate a photo Two-finger rotate: Touch the surface with two fingers and rotate.