Touchpad Usage Illustrations - Asus K50AB Hardware User Manual

Touchpad Usage Illustrations

Single-finger gesture input
Clicking/Tapping - With the pointer over an item, press the left button or use your fingertip to touch the
touchpad lightly, keeping your finger on the touchpad until the item is selected. The selected item will
change color. The following two examples produce the same results.
Clicking
Press the left pointer button and
release.
Double-clicking/Double-tapping - These actions allows you to launch your selected program. Move
your finger over the program that you want to launch, press the left button or tap the pad twice in rapid
succession, and the system launches your selected program. If the interval between the clicks or taps
is too long, the operation will not be executed. You can set the double-click speed using the Windows
Control Panel "Mouse." The following two examples produce the same results.
Double-
Clicking
Press the left button twice and
release.
Dragging - Dragging refers to moving an item to another location. Move your finger over an item,
while simultaneously pressing the left button, move the item to your desired location, then release the
left button. You can also double-tap and hold the item while dragging it with your finger. The following
illustrations produce the same results.
Dragging-
Clicking
Hold left button and slide finger
on touchpad.
Using the Notebook PC
Tapping
Lightly but rapidly strike the
touchpad.
Double-
Tapping
Lightly but rapidly strike the
touchpad twice.
Dragging-
Tapping
Lightly strike the touchpad
twice, sliding finger on touch-
pad during second strike.
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