Surface touchpad use and settings

Do this 

If you want to

Press down on the left side of your touchpad

• Press to click

• Select an item

• Left-click like on a mouse

Press down on the right side of your touchpad

• Press to right-click

• Open app commands in Windows apps or a context menu in desktop apps

• Right-click like on a mouse

Tap one finger anywhere on the touchpad

• Select an item

• Left-click like on a mouse

Tap two fingers anywhere on the touchpad

• Open app commands in Windows apps or a context menu in desktop apps

• Right-click like on a mouse

Drag your finger on the touchpad

• Moves the cursor

Swipe three fingers up on the touchpad

• Display your virtual desktop

Press and hold the left touchpad button down and then slide a finger in any direction

• Move an item or select text

• Like moving a mouse while you hold down the left button

Tap, immediately tap and hold, then drag

• Move an item or select text

• Like moving a mouse while you hold down the left button

Slide two fingers horizontally or vertically

• Scroll though a screen or document

• Like dragging the scroll button on the screen, or using a scroll wheel on a mouse

Pinch your thumb and forefinger together or move them apart

• Zoom in or out

• Like the gestures on your touchscreen