4 finger slide gesture to the right Widget Window! Where is it? Using El Capitan!!

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4 finger slide gesture to the right Widget Window! Where is it? Using El Capitan!!

Hi people,

Really need your help. On my MacBook on OS X Yosemite I was able to slide to the desktop on the left where you can add widgets like notes, calculator, weather, and, bunch of other stuff, by doing a four finger gesture to the right.

However, since I have updated to OS X El Capitan I can't get to that desktop and those widgets are really helpful throughout the day. I have tried many ways but cant find it.

This is my first time writing in Apple Support Communities so I hope I the help I want I get here. Because I really need your help.

Thank you.

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11), Previous OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Oct 9, 2015 1:21 AM

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dwb

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Oct 9, 2015 3:01 PM in response to Waleed Rj

I don’t use widgets but I just turned the Dashboard back one to test and I got to it with no problem.

In preferences go to the Mission Control tab
make sure that Dashboard is turned on and set as a space
Displays have separate spaces should be check-marked
Go to the trackpad tab and set swipe between fullscreen applications to 4 finger right or left

That should do it

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Waleed Rj Author

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Oct 9, 2015 3:02 PM in response to dwb

Thank you so much dwb. You saved my life!

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msouth

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Dec 8, 2016 2:18 PM in response to dwb

If they'll let you edit this, you might want to change "back one" to "back on". Took me a while to figure out what that meant 🙂. But, thank you, going to Launcher and clicking Dashboard was what I needed to do!

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babowa

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Dec 8, 2016 2:38 PM in response to msouth

That post was from October 9th; you can only edit a post for up to 15 minutes after posting, so the time to do so passed almost a month ago.

FWIW, I assume you are referring to "Launchpad" when you said "Launcher"?

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