Touch and gestures

Watch the short video guide for demonstrations of cursor targeting, navigation, and gesture edge cases.

Use the screen like a trackpad. Drag one finger to move the cursor, then tap anywhere to click at the cursor. To select a button, move the cursor over it first. A tap directly on the button only works if the cursor is already there.

Pointer and clicks

Gesture	What it does
One-finger drag	Moves the virtual cursor. Use it to aim at a button, object, field, or node socket.
One-finger tap	Left click at the cursor.
Tap, then hold and drag	Left-button drag. Tap once, put the same finger down again, hold briefly, then move. Use this for sliders, nodes, gizmos, and box selection.
One-finger triple tap	Double-click. Useful for renaming items and other controls that need a desktop double-click.
Two-finger hold	Right click. Hold for about 0.3 seconds, then release to open a context menu. Keep holding and move for a right-button drag.

The cursor moves farther when you swipe quickly. Slow down for small targets.

It also wraps around the screen. Push it past the right edge and it comes back on the left; the top and bottom work the same way. That lets you keep moving during a long drag or transform without running out of screen.

Some tools hide the cursor while you’re using them. It comes back when you finish the operation.

Moving around an editor

First, move the cursor into the editor you want to use. Gestures go to the editor under the cursor.

Gesture	3D Viewport	Shader Editor, Geometry Nodes, and other 2D editors
Two-finger drag	Orbit	Pan the canvas or scroll
Pinch	Zoom	Zoom
Three-finger drag	Pan	Use two fingers for ordinary 2D panning

You can drag with two fingers and pinch at the same time to orbit and zoom.

In the Shader Editor, move the cursor over the nodes, then use two fingers to pan and pinch to zoom. To move a node or connect sockets, aim the cursor and use tap, then hold and drag.

The same cursor rule applies to the Outliner, timeline, and Properties. Move the cursor there before trying to scroll or zoom.

Undo, redo, and search

Gesture	Command
Two-finger tap	Undo
Three-finger tap	Redo
Four-finger tap	Search, the same as F3

Keep these taps quick and still. Holding two fingers starts a right click; moving them starts navigation.