Customizable 4-Finger Multi-Touch Gestures Planned by Apple
MyAppleGuide discovered an unused preference pane in the version of Mac OS X Leopard that ships with Apple's new unibody MacBook Pros. The preference pane shows that Apple was planning on offering customers a way to assign different functions to the 4-finger swipe gestures found in their new laptops.
At present, the 4-finger gestures only allow you to switch applications (swipe left/right) or invoke Expos (swipe up/down). This preference pane would potentially allow you to instead assign these swipes to other functions, such as switching between Spaces, showing your Desktop, loading Dashboard and more.
The site speculates that this functionality may find its way into Snow Leopard though it has not yet been spotted in the developer builds. Meanwhile, owners of previous generation multi-touch MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs are hoping to get four-finger gestures enabled on their machines with a future software update.
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39 months ago
Hey, what a coincidence. Many folks have some finger gestures planned for Apple as well!
39 months ago
Hey, what a coincidence. Many folks have some finger gestures planned for Apple as well!
haha, nice one.
The title of this article is a little misleading, as it actually seems that Apple don't plan to let the user see this panel, only they were thinking about it.
39 months ago
We're getting close to being able to fully customize the way we use the trackpad. Nice.
39 months ago
haha, nice one.
The title of this article is a little misleading, as it actually seems that Apple don't plan to let the user see this panel, only they were thinking about it.
Furthermore, the fact the nib file made it through to the OS suggests to me they got pretty far along with implementing it and pulled it late (otherwise the nib and other traces would have probably been cleaned out).
You are right though, that doesn't necessarily mean this functionality will be added in the future as the article implies.
39 months ago
I would like a wireless trackpad so I can place on the floor and use my bare feet for invoking expose´ and switching between apps. It's really a workout hitting the F11 key all day long.
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