Use the touchpad on your Googlebook

You can use your Googlebook’s touchpad to right-click, navigate, and multitask. Here’s how it works:

Actions	Gestures
Move the pointer	Move your finger across the touchpad.
Click	Press or tap the touchpad.
Right-click	Press or tap the touchpad with 2 fingers.
Scroll	Place 2 fingers on the touchpad. To scroll vertically: Move your fingers up or down. To scroll horizontally: Move your fingers left or right.
Go back	To go back to the previous app or window, swipe left or right with 3 fingers.
Show or hide notifications	To find all your notifications, swipe down with 3 fingers. To dismiss all your notifications, swipe up with 2 fingers. To dismiss a new notification, hover over the notification and swipe right or left with 2 fingers.
Open or close the app tray to find all of your apps	Important: This only works when you are on the Home screen. It will not work if you have other apps open. To find all of your apps, swipe up with 2 fingers. To close the app tray, swipe down with 2 fingers.
Show an overview of your open windows and apps	To find all open apps and windows, swipe up with 3 fingers. To close a full screen window or open desktop, hover over it and swipe up with 2 fingers. You can only dismiss a desktop if you have more than one. To go back to the app or workspace that was open, swipe down with 3 fingers.

Change how your touchpad works

Some touchpad gestures can be customized:

1. On your Googlebook, open the Settings app .
2. Select Device & accessories Touchpad.
3. Change how your touchpad works.
   • Turn Tap to click on or off.
   • Turn Reverse scrolling on or off.
     • Content moves up while you scroll down.
   • Turn Bottom-right click on or off.
     • To right-click, at the bottom right, press the touchpad.
   • Turn Tap and drag to move items on or off.
     • To move objects, on your touchpad, double-tap and drag your finger.
   • Customize what the touchpad does when you tap with 3 fingers. Three-finger tap customization only works when you have Tap to click turned on.
     1. Select Use three-finger tap.
     2. Select between one of the options:
        • Middle mouse button
        • Launch Gemini
        • Go home
        • Go Back
        • View recent apps
        • Open another app (Choose from a list of installed apps)
   • Customize corner shortcuts.
   • Turn Touchpad acceleration on or off.
   • Adjust cursor speed.
     • To adjust how quickly your pointer moves, move the sliders under “Cursor speed.”
   • Customize your cursor & touchpad accessibility.

Use corner shortcuts

You can quickly access your Home screen, recent apps, quick settings, and more when you choose a shortcut for the corners of your screen. You can use your cursor to select a corner and quickly open that shortcut.

To customize corner shortcuts:

1. On your Googlebook, open the Settings app .
2. Select Device & accessories Touchpad Customize corner shortcuts.
3. Select the corner you want to customize.
4. Select an option:
   • Home
   • Recent apps
   • Notifications
   • Quick Settings
   • Lock screen
   • Peek or Unpeek desktop
   • Note-taking

Customize your cursor

You can change your cursor size and color.

To change the cursor size or color:

1. On your Googlebook, open the Settings app .
2. Select Device & accessories Touchpad Cursor & touchpad accessibility.
3. Customize your cursor:
   • Adjust the cursor size: Move the sliders under “Cursor size.”
   • Adjust the cursor color: Select Cursor color and a color for the cursor and cursor stroke color.
   • Turn Autoclick (Dwell timing): On or off.
   • Turn Use 3- or 4- finger gestures: On or off.

Related resources

• Manage Autoclick (Dwell timing) settings
• Use your Googlebook keyboard
• Use keyboard shortcuts on your Googlebook