# Trackpad "pressed two finger drag" gesture for navigation

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trackpad-pressed-two-finger-drag-gesture-for-navigation/36969>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [March 11, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trackpad-pressed-two-finger-drag-gesture-for-navigation/36969 "2025-03-11T14:00:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ramzan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Ramzan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ramzan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trackpad-pressed-two-finger-drag-gesture-for-navigation/36969/1 "2025-03-11T14:00:52Z")

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I’d like to propose the following navigation preset option for trackpad:

**Pan:** drag with 2 fingers (touching)  
**Orbit:** drag with 2 fingers _while pressed(clicked)_  
**Zoom:** pinch

If we can differentiate between 2-finger drag while clicked or while just touching, it could make for a more convenient navigation preset. Just think about how natural it would feel.

I suggested binding clicked gesture to orbit and touch to pan rather than vice versa because IMO orbit is a more “heavy” operation that, for example, kicks you out of the 2D sketch plane. If differentiating click and touch is difficult, 3-finger drag is also an option, but IMO less convenient.

**The problem that this feature will solve:**

It’s very convenient when you can navigate around without touching the keyboard.

**What can’t you achieve without this feature?**

It’s just an optional QoL feature.