Gesture Input

Astropad Slate lets you use touch gestures on your iPad for a Mac-like trackpad experience. With these gestures, you can scroll, zoom, and right-click — making it easy to navigate and control your Mac directly from your iPad.

Touch Gestures

Pinch to Zoom

Pinch two fingers together to zoom out, or spread them apart to zoom in. This makes it easy to focus on small details or adjust your workspace view — perfect for creative work or general browsing.

Two-Finger Scrolling

Swipe up or down with two fingers to scroll through documents, webpages, and more. This helps you move through content smoothly and quickly.

Two-Finger Tap to Right-Click

Tap the screen with two fingers to perform a right-click. This lets you open context menus, access additional options, and perform actions normally done with a right-click on a mouse.

How to Customize Touch Gestures

You can adjust how gestures behave in the Slate iPad app’s sidebar. Customize the sensitivity of one-finger and two-finger gestures to match how you work. Whether you want faster scrolling, easier tapping, or more precise gestures, these settings help make Slate work for you.