Multitouch Trackpad issues in Chrome and Firefox

Take the matter up with tech support for each of those applications. If it works in Safari and other Apple applications, then the problem is within those two applications.

If it works in a new user account then there's a problem in your normal account. Start be removing all the preference files associated with each application.

I agree with Kappy about asking Apple tech support- I just tried the 3 finger swipe using Firefox and it worked on my MacBook Pro, to go back and/or forward a page.

Hi

I have the exact same problem.

Apple applications works perfect. But all non-Apple applications hides when doing a three-finger left-to-right swipe. Even those who don't support any type of finger swiping.

3 fingers dont work at all in Opera.

boydbme have you found a solution..?

boydbme: The problem isn't in Firefox or Chrome — three-finger swipe for Back and Forward works fine for me in the latest versions of both apps. Note that I'm running Leopard, not Snow Leopard. Perhaps that makes a difference, but I have no way of testing to find out.

I get the same result in Opera as Andrew has reported above: three fingers get me nowhere.

As boydbme pointed out the 3-finger left swipe works in both Chrome and Firefox in a fresh new user account. So the problem lies somewhere in the touch pad settings for his (and my) user account. And the problem is not associated to one specific application - it's all non-Apple applications.

And the weird thing is that it hides the window(s) (not just minimize - it's completely gone) and it changes focus to last active application. Even minimized windows of the application disappears from the dock. But when you click on the application in the dock the windows and minimized windows reappear.

So I will just quote boydbme:
"Which files do I need to remove in order to fix this issue since it is related to my account?"

Solved my problem by installing BetterTouchTool which seem to override the failing settings.

I would begin by deactivating any third-party login items in your regular account. If the problem then disappears after a restart of the machine, re-activate your login items one at a time, restarting after each one, until you discover which one is the cause of the problem.