In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?
In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion
In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion
Four finger gestures are broken. I'm using a 2008 Mac Pro with trackpad. If I change back to three finger gestures, I can enter mission control and switch between desktops. I like to use three finger drag and four finger mission control but it's not working. If someone knows what I'm doing wrong, let me know.
I'm not having the four finger gesture problem on my MBP updated to ML.
That worked, thanks! 🙂
But I didn't like this change, they shouldn't disable that... 😮 I use that "back" & "forward" gesture A LOT in Finder, so it should be a "must have", not a mysterious tweak. It is not clear that you have to set it to "enable swipe between pages with two or three fingers" to get the "back" & "forward" gesture to work again in Finder: if you haven't told us, I would never figure it out and I couldn't find this information anywhere else.
It worked for Finder too?
Because for me it works on web pages and already did but not for Finder.
That's there but how to make it work in Finder?
Hi. I also got the same problem but just learnt a way to resolve it. No need for 3rd party software.
If you don't care much about the Three finger drag gesture, and just want to swipe between pages in Finder and web browsers, please follow these:
If you also want to use Three-finger drag to move windows and drag-select:
The problem occurs once you change to "Swipe with 2 or three fingers", Lion will automatically disable/uncheck the Three finger drag function in Trackpad/Point&Click. Or the other way around, you tick Three Finger drag, Swipe between pages automatically switches to Scroll with two fingers because these 2 functions are overlapped.
My solution is:
My current gesture routine:
- Swipe between web pages: Scroll with two fingers.
- Swipe between pages in Finder and other apps: Combination Option+swipe 4 fingers
- Swipe between full-screen apps (desktops): Swipe left or right with 4 fingers
- Drag select and navigate windows: Three finger drag
- Mission Control - Swipe up with 4 fingers. (avoid conflict with three finger drag)
* You can actually use combination Option+Swipe 4 fingers for everything (apps, finder, web pages) but I personally prefer swipe 2 fingers for web browsing. It's just easier and quicker and avoid conflicts with other gestures.
Hope this help. 😀
Hi,
Thanks for sharing. Your solution seems interesting but I have a question:
How/where do you set the "combination: Option+Swipe 4 fingers for Finder and other apps". I couldn't find a way to add the key "Option" as part of any of the gestures..
npanh610's tutorial did fix it for me, partially.
The only issue is that Three-Finger Swipe doesn't work in every Finder window. It only works in the original window that opens.
Very frustrating... I thought it was supposed to be magic? Turns out it's just buggy software.
I'm glad it kind of works now though. Thanks for your help and having this up there.
Just submitted a detailed feedback to OS X team.
Same problem here! Works in Safari, NOT in Finder...
Has anyone found a fix for this yet?
No! And this is really bothering me!!!!
hii,
Anyone know a fixed that
If you can move a Finder 3 fingers back
open System preferences >
Accessibility >
mouse and trackpad >
Trackpad Options >
Enable dragging "with Drag Lock" >
Done >
System preferences > Trackpad > choose: Swipe with two or three fingers.
close system preferences.
Now you drag lock with 1 finger, 3 fingers Swipe for Finder and apps, 2 fingers Swipe for web pages.
🙂
In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?