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# Mouse & Touchpad

Control your controllers

In the **Mouse & Touchpad** section of the System Settings, you can configure your point-and-click controller behavior, assign gestures for useful functions, set up your mouse and touchpad options, and so on.

## Set up Clicking Options

[Open the System Settings](/elementary-os-user-handbook/get-started/explore-system-settings.md#entering-system-settings), and navigate to **Mouse & Touchpad --> Clicking**, where you can set up the following:

* Select your primary mouse button.
* Adjust double-click speed.
* Enable the dwell click, and adjust how long you need to hold the pointer to automatically click.
* Enable and adjust the long press of the primary button to secondary click.
* Enable the middle click paste option.

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## Control Your Pointer

You can configure such pointer settings as the pointer size, speed, acceleration, and more options.

1. Navigate to **Mouse & Touchpad --> Pointing**, and set up the following:

* Select the pointer size to your liking.
* Enable the option to reveal the pointer when pressing **Ctrl** on your keyboard.
* Enable the option of controlling the pointer using a keypad.

2. Navigate to **Mouse & Touchpad --> Mouse**, and set up the following:

* Adjust the pointer speed by moving the associated slider.
* Select an option for the pointer acceleration between default and adaptive, or disable the acceleration at all.
* Additionally, you can change the behavior of the mouse wheel by enabling the natural scrolling.

{% hint style="warning" %}
If the option to reveal the pointer with **Ctrl** is enabled, you need to use the right **Ctrl** on your keyboard to [open the Dock preferences](/elementary-os-user-handbook/overview/desktop-tour/dock.md#dock-preferences).
{% endhint %}

## Configure Gestures

You can use multitouch gestures on touchpads and touchscreens for system navigation and other options.

### Swipe and Pinch

Modify gestures in the System Settings (**Mouse & Touchpad** --> **Gestures**). The following options are available:

* **Swipe horizontally** to switch between [workspaces](/elementary-os-user-handbook/overview/desktop-tour/multitasking.md#workspaces)
* **Swipe up** to switch to the [multitasking view](/elementary-os-user-handbook/overview/desktop-tour/multitasking.md#multitasking-view), or toggle the active window maximized
* **Pinch** to zoom your screen

Each gesture can be performed either by three or four fingers.

### Set up Touchpad

Modify the touchpad behavior due to your preferences in the System Settings (**Mouse & Touchpad --> Touchpad**).

1. Adjust the pointer speed by moving the associated slider.
2. Select how to perform the secondary clicking:
   * Two fingers touch, or
   * Bottom-right tap
3. Enable/disable the tapping options:
   * Tap to click
   * Double tap and move to drag
4. Select the way you prefer to scroll:
   * Two-finger gesture anywhere on the touchpad
   * Single finger along the right and bottom edges
5. Enable/disable the natural scrolling
6. Choose cases to ignore the touchpad:
   * While typing something on the keyboard
   * When a mouse controller is connected