Trackpad gestures in Lion

I recently updated to Lion and desperately miss the ability to swipe sideways with 4 fingers on my trackpad to tab through all my open applications. I know I can do it with command-tab, but it worked much better when I could do it with my right hand. I know I can swipe upwards with 3 or 4 fingers to get to mission control but I don't really like that either.
I just want my ability to side swipe with 4 fingers to tab through my open apps back.
Can anyone help a poor grad student?

While we all have MacBooks in this forum most of us don’t have Lion. There's a Lion Support Community where everybody has Lion.You should also post this question there. https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion

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Trackpad gestures mountain lion

Hi
I've installed Mountain Lion, and am now finding that the trackpad gestures are working in the opposite direction to how they were previously!
Is anyone aware of this issue?
Any advice much appreciated.
thanks.

nah not in mountain lion its changed now. To get scrolling to invert untick the check box at the top with the description "When using gestures to scroll or navigate, move content in the direction of finger movement" under the trackpad settings.
They could've just described it simply as "Invert scroll direction" would've been much clearer

The trackpad/gestures is not working correctly on mountain lion

Hello,
After I have downloaded Mountain Lion, my trackpad/gestures is not working correctly. I cannot swipe with the three fingers, etc. and have to reboot and then it works, but will eventually not work over time. Does anyone else have this problem?
Thanks,
Jeff

I am having the same problem now.
Was okay when first installed on date of Mountain Lion release.
Now I have lost function in Spaces.
Spaces would only work if I used Dock icon to move between Spaces.
Now just run everything in one Space.

Simultaneous trackpad gestures gone in Lion

I used to be able to perform trackpad gestures at the same time as clicking down on the trackpad. This has gone in Lion; now when you click, no gestures can be performed at the same time. Can this be turned back on?
Examples of where I used to use it (and I did it a LOT):
• Click down on a file, then with my other hand I'd do a 4 finger swipe up to show the desktop. This is an easy way to drag files to folder on the desktop/pen drives etc.. without having to do it in finder.
• Same as above, but with a 4 finger swipe down to being up Expose. When dragging files in/out/to/from different applications, it's nice to be able to do this all from the trackpad.
I know for the second one I can just press F3 to bring up mission control, and there's probably an easy solution for the desktop as well, but it just seems weird that since upgrading to the new OS, I actually lose functionality from the trackpad.

I was having the same problem, I found a fix by changing the preferences to without inertia and after a reboot it fixed the problem, I can now scroll with inertia. Looks like a .plist got jumbled.

Iphoto 11 lost trackpad gesture after install OS X Lion

I just install Lion, everything is fine so far but the trackpad gesture used in iPhoto 11 seems not working, i used to use "3-fingers swipe" to slide through pictures, but this gesture is not working after install Lion. I tried to change the setting of trackpad preferences, but did not work. Wondering if anyone is experiencing the same problem?! Thanks

Same problems here. Looks like the pinch to zoom still works. Bleeding edge...

Will Magic Mouse and Trackpad Support Multitouch Gestures On Lion

Will the Apple Magic Mouse and Trackpad support Multitouch gestures on Lion?

Try this page.
It will tell you which gestures are available with Trackpad and Magic Mouse respectively.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Paul
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4721

When using Lion trackpad gestures.

When using Lion with the trackpad gestures is there anyway to keep the 2nd display (extedned display) from moving?

What do you mean 'moving'?
If you mean, can you change desktop in the main display but not the second display, I'm afraid the answer is no. They are logically tied to the same desktop space.

Back/forward trackpad gestures in other places (Finder, Firefox, ...) in os x lion

the two finger slide effect for browseing history (of a tab) in safari seems such a cool new feature
however , I couldn't figure out which trackpad gesture shall I use to navigate in other applications
such as finder to browse one folder up....
does anybody know any solution?

To get it to work in Finder, you have to set 'Swipe between pages' to 'Swipe with 2 or 3 fingers' in Trackpad preferences.

In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?

In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?

Hi. I also got the same problem but just learnt a way to resolve it. No need for 3rd party software.
If you don't care much about the Three finger drag gesture, and just want to swipe between pages in Finder and web browsers, please follow these:
System Preferences/Trackpad/More gestures/Swipe between pages/Scroll left or right with 2 fingers. This option works solely for web browsers.
In order to swipe between pages in Finder, web browsers and other apps as well,change the option to Swipe with two or three fingers. (3 for Finder and apps, 2 for web pages)
If you also want to use Three-finger drag to move windows and drag-select:
The problem occurs once you change to "Swipe with 2 or three fingers", Lion will automatically disable/uncheck the Three finger drag function in Trackpad/Point&Click. Or the other way around, you tick Three Finger drag, Swipe between pages automatically switches to Scroll with two fingers because these 2 functions are overlapped.
My solution is:
stick with initial option Scroll with two fingers for navigating between web pages.
Re-tick Three finger drag in Point&Click.
Use combination: Option+Swipe 4 fingers for Finder and other apps (although it functions reversely, Swiping left to go backward, swipe right to go forward)
My current gesture routine:
- Swipe between web pages: Scroll with two fingers.
- Swipe between pages in Finder and other apps: Combination Option+swipe 4 fingers
- Swipe between full-screen apps (desktops): Swipe left or right with 4 fingers
- Drag select and navigate windows: Three finger drag
- Mission Control - Swipe up with 4 fingers. (avoid conflict with three finger drag)
* You can actually use combination Option+Swipe 4 fingers for everything (apps, finder, web pages) but I personally prefer swipe 2 fingers for web browsing. It's just easier and quicker and avoid conflicts with other gestures.
Hope this help.

Trackpad gesture acting weird.

I have a 13" MBP, purchased Mid-2012. It has been wonderful so far. I use most of the trackpad gestures frequently. I have searched high and low for an answer to my problem. My trackpad has been flawless up until the last week. Show Desktop is a gesture that I use a LOT. Within the past week that gesture seems to do it on its own. If I just touch the trackpad sometimes Show Desktop will activate. I narrowed it down to when I swipe from the bottom left corner to the top right corner is when it only works. And it's only that gesture. I have tried everything I can to fix this. I shut off all of my gestures, restarted, shut down, and even re-installed Mountain Lion. None of that worked. Although I use the gesture a lot, it gets annoying quickly. Just wondering if there was any explanation to this and if it's just me. Thanks in advance.

I must also add that when I figured out the gesture from corner to corner, it was only using one finger.

Trackpad gesture spaces switch turns screen gray

After upgrading my AirBook to Mountain Lion, I frequently have an issue where a single finger trackpad gesture to the left or right edge of my screen causes my entire screen to turn gray. The only way I've found to get my screen (and spaces) back is to use a keyboard shortcut to go to a different space than the one I had been in; a keyboard shortcut to activate the space I had been in does nothing.
I have an upgraded ML installations on an iMac and a MacBook that do not exhibit this behavior.
Has anyone encountered this and found a fix?
TIA

I found now BetterTouchTool where I can set up nearly everything as gestures on mouse, trackpad, keyboard, and and and.
A absolute mighty multi setting tool, very cool.
I just configured my old and beloved gestures in:
Gestures / Trackpads / Global / Four Finger Swype Right / Predefined Action: Application Switcher
I activated as well:
Action Settings (Window Snapping etc.) / Settings for predefined actions / Use special application switcher
Which is even more comfortable as the former origin gesture was.
I used "Advanced" Settings.
So now I won't be sad for the missing of this former useful gesture anymore, if this great app won't crash or be suddenly not free anymore etc.
Strange, that Yosemite just skipped this great gesture but never mind, other things are great therefore.
frank

What are the default trackpad gestures?

OK, So I've got Lion installed and I know that there are some basic gestures that are preconfigured with the OS.
Is there a published list of the default trackpad gestures?
-jP

Go to System Preferences > Trackpad (and/or Mouse) and it will display the gestures that are available to your system as well as show you video clips on how to perform them.

Trackpad gestures disappears after waking

Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, upon waking from sleep, my Trackpad's gestures, (ie. swiping spaces by dragging 3 fingers across trackpad), disappears. No trackpad gestures work, (ie pinch to zoom, etc.)
After some time, Mountain Lion appears to sleep without reason momentarily, (less than a second) and gestures then return.
Or a restart will restore gestures.

You can start by creating a new user in system preferences>users and groups.
sign into a new user and you are virtually on a clean installation of ML. See if your issue happends in this setting.
You may need to perform a PRAM reset
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
if that doesn't fix it, and a new user does not show the issue, then it is certainly a third party app conflicting with the OS.
if it still happens in a new user, you may need to reinstall ML from the recovery partition>
To get to the recovery partition restart your computer, hold CMD+R down when you hear the boot up chime. Open Disk Utility first (verify your boot disk and repair if needed) and then close it and reinstall ML.

No gestures on Lion

Just installed Lion on my mid 2009 MacBook (MacBook5,2). No gestures. No reference to gestures in System Preference Trackpad pane. Is my Macbooks trackpad suitable for Lion gestures?

If you indeed have a 2009 MBP you should have a uniboxy MB style with the single glass button trackpad. Your computer is compatible, you might be facing some sort of bug.
If you have a 2008 (none unibody) I've seen four three and two finger gestures work on it. you just have very minimal room on your trackpad since there is a big button at the bottom of it.
you'll still have these features if you get a magic tackpad and or magic mouse.
try turning everything off, closing system prefs, then back on in System Prefs, trackpad, to get your gestures to work if they're not working atm. I've read this fixed other people's issues.
on a side note, I have not expereince anything on my magic trackpad but I see what everyone is saying with the one on the MBP. Turning everything off then on worked for me. This might be a sign of a bigger issue though...
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Bug when using four finger trackpad gesture to switch between apps?

When I use the four figure trackpad gesture to toggle between apps, once I select the app it is shown the app is selected in the menu bar, but it doesn't open minimized windows. Maybe this how it is supposed to operate, but if I have a minimized window, I want the "app toggler" to restore it. The point of me using the "app toggler" is to avoid me having to go to the dock.

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