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Scroll with the trackpad and use gestures on a phone or tablet
Two fingers on the laptop trackpad scroll on the device; on a phone you control with taps, drags, zoom and a mouse wheel at the edge.
Preview this guide has not yet been clicked through on a real device. Button names and steps come from the program but may differ in details.
- For
- Technician
- Applies to
- Free · Cloud · Own relay
- Controlled device
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- Control from
- Program (Windows, macOS, Linux) · Browser · Phone/tablet/Fire TV
- from version
- 20260923.1
What it is for
On a laptop you scroll with two fingers on the trackpad — that should work on the device just like the mouse wheel. On a phone or tablet there is no mouse: there you move the pointer with your finger, click by tapping, zoom with two fingers and scroll with a mouse wheel at the edge of the picture.
What you need
- A session in which you are in control. The controlled system does not matter (Windows, Mac, Linux).
- Laptop trackpad: the BrowserDesk program, version 20260923.1 or later. Confirmed with a Windows laptop; a Mac as the viewer has not been tested.
- Gestures: the app on a phone or tablet, or the browser on a phone.
How to do it
On a laptop (program): swipe with two fingers on the trackpad, vertically or horizontally. The device scrolls where the pointer is. If the pointer is over the bar, nothing happens on the device.
On a phone or tablet (app): the default is trackpad mode — the phone display works like a trackpad:
| Gesture | Trackpad mode (default) | Direct mode |
|---|---|---|
| Drag one finger | move the pointer (a ring shows where it is) | drag with the left button held |
| Tap | left click at the pointer | left click where the finger is |
| Tap twice | double click | two clicks |
| Tap twice, hold, drag | drag (for example a window) | — |
| Long press | right click | right click |
| Two fingers up/down or sideways | scroll | scroll |
| Two fingers apart or together | zoom the view (up to 8×) | the same |
| Drag two fingers while zoomed | move the visible area | the same |
- Switch: tab Einstellungen (Settings) → Trackpad-Modus (trackpad mode), or in the session Steuerung (Control) → Trackpad-Modus.
- Mouse wheel at the edge: a strip stands to the right of the picture. Dragging on it scrolls on the device. In the bar at the bottom, Mausrad ausblenden / Mausrad einblenden (hide / show mouse wheel) hides and shows it.
- Undo the zoom: 1× in the bar at the bottom.
- A single right click by tap: Eingabe (Input) → Rechtsklick (nächster Tipp) (right click — next tap); the next tap becomes a right click.
In the browser on a phone: a hint in the picture sums it up: sliding a finger moves the pointer, a tap clicks, a long press is a right click, two fingers scroll, two fingers apart zoom. Steuerung → Trackpad-Modus switches between moving the pointer and tapping directly.
How you know it worked
- The content on the device scrolls with your fingers.
- On the phone a ring shows where the next tap will click.
Good to know
- A two-finger gesture is either zoom or scroll, not both. The app decides once, shortly after the fingers touch down, and keeps that until you lift them. Afterwards the last finger lifted does not trigger a click.
- Pinch-zooming on the laptop trackpad has no effect in the program — only scrolling.
- On a Windows touch screen (program) there is only vertical scrolling, no zoom and no bar with special keys.
- Half a scroll step left over at the end of a movement is dropped; the picture does not jump afterwards.
- Special keys on the phone: E5.
If it does not work
| You see | Meaning and fix |
|---|---|
| The trackpad does not scroll on the device, the mouse wheel does | See H6. Update the program — trackpad scrolling came with 20260923.1. |
| The picture scrolls instead of zooming | Keep the midpoint between your fingers as still as possible while spreading them. If it moves more than the distance changes, the gesture becomes scrolling. |
| Every finger movement clicks on the phone | Direct mode is on. Switch on Trackpad-Modus. |
| The mouse wheel at the edge covers content | Mausrad ausblenden in the bar at the bottom. |