10.7: Click while swiping to move over two Spaces

Oct 14, '11 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: BruceLeeXIV

I just discovered this, and I'm getting used to it. It is a bit unpredictable until you get the motion correct.

While swiping with four fingers through spaces in Lion, click the trackpad just as you begin the swipe. This will skip a space and move you over two spaces. It takes a little getting used to, but works great after a while.

Clicking the mouse while swiping with the other hand doesn't seem to affect this, so the whole action apparently needs to be done with the same hand on the trackpad. Only tested on a 2008 MBP.

[crarko adds: I couldn't get this to work with the Magic Trackpad, but it could be that configuration dosen't work, or maybe I'm just too sloppy on the gesture and timing. Give this a try and tell us your results in the comments.]

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