Multi-Touch Gestures

Multi-Touch gestures are used when viewing and moving embroideries in mySewnet™ Digitizing.

Autoscroll

You can autoscroll on a portable Mac’s Multi-Touch trackpad, a Magic Trackpad or a Magic Mouse.

When you drag within a document, the autoscroll feature moves the pointer automatically, changing the view of the work area. This is useful when zoomed in. Use autoscroll while moving or resizing selected objects, or when creating objects using the Freehand Create (Freehand Tablet) functions.

Note: The scroll bars may only appear when you are scrolling. To always show the scroll bars, choose Apple Menu > System Preferences > General > Show scroll bars: Always.

Pinch to zoom

You can use Pinch to zoom on a trackpad to zoom in and out.

Note: You must set the trackpad scroll and zoom options to Zoom in or out. See Customizing Multi-Touch Gestures on a Trackpad.

Rotate

Twist your thumb and forefinger to rotate the selected objects when using a trackpad.

Note: You must set the Trackpad scroll and zoom options to Rotate. See Customizing Multi-Touch Gestures on a Trackpad.

Swipe between pages

When viewing the Pattern pages for Pattern fill, swipe with three fingers on a trackpad, or two fingers on a mouse, to move between the pages of patterns.

Secondary click for Control–click

You can set a secondary click for Control–click when using a trackpad or the Magic Mouse. A short video demonstrates how to use these gestures.

Customizing Multi-Touch Gestures on a Trackpad

The System Preferences options below show short videos of how the gestures should be used.

  1. Choose Apple Menu > System Preferences.

  2. Select Trackpad.

  3. To use Pinch to zoom, select Scroll & Zoom, and then select the "Zoom in or out" checkbox.
    When Zoom in or out is highlighted, a video demonstrates how to use Pinch to zoom.

  4. To use Rotate, select Scroll & Zoom, and then select the Rotate checkbox.
    A video demonstrates how to use Rotate.

  5. To swipe between pages of Patterns, select More Gestures, and then choose Swipe between pages > Swipe with two or three fingers.
    A video demonstrates how to swipe between pages.

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