Mouse & Touchpad
Control your controllers
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Control your controllers
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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.
, 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.
You can configure such pointer settings as the pointer size, speed, acceleration, and more options.
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.
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.
You can use multitouch gestures on touchpads and touchscreens for system navigation and other options.
Modify gestures in the System Settings (Mouse & Touchpad --> Gestures). The following options are available:
Pinch to zoom your screen
Each gesture can be performed either by three or four fingers.
Modify the touchpad behavior due to your preferences in the System Settings (Mouse & Touchpad --> Touchpad).
Adjust the pointer speed by moving the associated slider.
Select how to perform the secondary clicking:
Two fingers touch, or
Bottom-right tap
Enable/disable the tapping options:
Tap to click
Double tap and move to drag
Select the way you prefer to scroll:
Two-finger gesture anywhere on the touchpad
Single finger along the right and bottom edges
Enable/disable the natural scrolling
Choose cases to ignore the touchpad:
While typing something on the keyboard
When a mouse controller is connected
If the option to reveal the pointer with Ctrl is enabled, you need to use the right Ctrl on your keyboard to .
Swipe horizontally to switch between
Swipe up to switch to the , or toggle the active window maximized
