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Windows 8: The best Touchpad Gestures

  • Oct 09, 2025
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You can use Windows 8 with a Touchpad instead of a mouse, you can use many Gestures for faster Navigation. The most important Gestures we will show you in this Overview.

Windows 8 with Touchpad: 7 Gestures you need to know

  1. Swipe with one Finger from the left edge of the pad in the middle. So Windows returns to the last App you opened.
  2. The so-called Charmbar you can display by swiping from the right edge in the middle.
  3. If you swipe in from the top with a Finger in the center of the touchpad to display the App commands.
  4. You can get a in any Element, such as a picture or a Website, zoom in and out. Move two fingers on the Touchpad to each other or of each other - just like on the Touchscreen of a smartphone.
  5. Simple mouse functions to replace the Touchpad without any problems: By tapping once on the Pad, you can open an item. For files, you simply tap twice.
  6. Up and Down can Scroll by moving two fingers on the Touchpad up or down.
  7. You can go with two fingers from Right to left or Vice versa, you can turn pages in a document.
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