Multi-Touch-Gestures

[yugox]

Hello

I have a synaptics touchpad, and I know it supports at least three finger gestures. But how do I enable and configure the gestures?

kind regards,
Yugo

 

[RehabMan]

Hello

I have a synaptics touchpad, and I know it supports at least three finger gestures. But how do I enable and configure the gestures?

kind regards,
Yugo

Configure them in SysPrefs->Keyboard->Keyboard shortcuts. Do the swipe instead of pressing keys.

 

[yugox]

Thanks RehabMan! It works.

Is there any way to enable the swipe in safari to go to the previous site?

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks RehabMan! It works.

Is there any way to enable the swipe in safari to go to the previous site?

There is a way, but requires changing the key mapping. The keys are coded in the Info.plist for the VoodooPS2Keyboard.kext.

 

[yugox]

Thank you RehabMan,
what about a three-finger tap on a touchpad?

I would like to assign a three-finger tap to a shortcut in the keyboard menu.
But if I tap with three fingers it is not recognized.

 

[RehabMan]

Thank you RehabMan,
what about a three-finger tap on a touchpad?

With my Synaptics driver, three-finger tap maps to middle button.

 

[yugox]

In which file can I edit this?

I would like to be able to look words up in the dictionary (like real MacBooks) with the three finger tab.
There is a shortcut in the keyboard settings, but if I press the middle button (I guess you mean of the mouse) again nothing happens.

 

[RehabMan]

In which file can I edit this?

I would like to be able to look words up in the dictionary (like real MacBooks) with the three finger tab.
There is a shortcut in the keyboard settings, but if I press the middle button (I guess you mean of the mouse) again nothing happens.

Three finger tap on the Synaptics trackpad sends a middle button click. There are various functions you can assign directly to it in SysPrefs->Mission Control. And third party apps (such as Karabiner and Better Touch Tool) that allow you to map mouse button to actions.

 

[yugox]

BetterTouchTool looks really great, unfortunately it says "no multitouch capable touchpad found".

And none of the gestures and actions I declared is working

In Karabiner I do not see how I could assign three finger, or middle button click to some keys.

 

[RehabMan]

BetterTouchTool looks really great, unfortunately it says "no multitouch capable touchpad found".

And none of the gestures and actions I declared is working

Certain parts of BTT don't work, but some do.

In Karabiner I do not see how I could assign three finger, or middle button click to some keys.

You'll need to read the Karabiner documentation (specifically private.xml).