Multi-Touch Gestures

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

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 a selected embroidery.

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.

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.

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Pinch to resize or scale

You can use Pinch to resize or scale the selected embroidery on a trackpad.

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 embroidery, block of stitches, lettering or SuperDesign when using a trackpad.

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

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.

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