How to Touch the Windows 8 Metro Interface. Windows 8 introduces a new touch paradigm that is different from other touch devices on the market. To help you get started I have outlined the basics of touch on Windows 8 that are used throughout the new Metro interface. Not all touch gestures are compatible with every Metro application; some are up to the developer to implement when appropriate. Single tap Initiates the primary action of an element, such as launching an app from the Start Screen. Tap and hold Identify what the element is or what you can do to it. Swipe down Selects the element. Swipe down further Releases an element from the current position allowing movement. Slide left or right Drag the element across the screen after it has been released. Swipe from the right edge of the screen inward The Metro Interface charms will appear revealing the Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings charms along with system time and connection information.
Swipe from the top or bottom edge inward Swipe from the left edge inward Pinch zoom. 8407.Touch_2D00_gestures_5F00_66B138A4.jpg (Image JPEG, 1280x685 pixels) Windows 8 | Synaptics. The Synaptics Gesture Suite (SGS 12.3) provides users with a powerful and intuitive way to be more productive and interactive with their Windows 8 notebook systems. SGS 12.3 was developed from analyzing the most common user workflows, from entertainment activities such as viewing photos and listening to music, to productivity activities such as accessing emails and presentations. The result is an intelligent, usability-optimized model in the form of a customizable touchpad driver and control panel that makes it easy for consumers to understand and discover features.
SGS 12.3 represents a growing portfolio of gestures available on Synaptics interface solutions. These new gestures are compatible with Microsoft Windows 8, extend the Windows 8 “Touch First” touchscreen experience to notebooks, enhancing the value and productivity of notebook PCs and peripheral devices that use the Synaptics TouchPad family products.
Features Windows 8 TouchPad Gestures in SGS 12.3 and later. Touch. All Microsoft® Windows® applications should have a great touch experience. And doing so is easier than you think. Design conceptsGuidelines Control usage Control sizing Control layout and spacing Interaction Windows Touch gestures ForgivenessDocumentation Touch refers to the way Windows lets you interact directly with a computer using a finger. Compared to using a mouse, keyboard, or pen, touch is often much more natural, engaging, and convenient. Using touch. Many touch interactions are performed using gestures and flicks. A manipulation is a real-time, physical handling of an object. For tasks that require fine movement or hover, Windows Vista® provides the touch pointer, which is a floating, on-screen pointer that looks like a mouse.
A program is considered touchable when it has only the touch support provided by Windows and the controls for the most important tasks are easy to touch. Note: Guidelines related to mouse, pen, and accessibility are presented in separate articles. Correct: List of Windows 8 touchbased gestures. Windows 8 Consumer Preview runs reasonably well on netbooks as well as other notebook or desktop computers. But clearly the new Metro-style user interface was designed to be touched. So when the folks at Kupa offered to send me a Kupa X11 tablet loaded with the latest pre-release version of Windows 8, I jumped at the chance. The X11 normally ships with Windows 7, but the $799 tablet has all the basic hardware requirements needed for a decent Windows 8 experience. One of the first things I wanted to do was familiarize myself with the new touch-based gestures for navigating Windows. Surprisingly, I couldn’t find a good list of gestures. 1.
When you pull your finger from the bezel on the right side of a tablet to the left a little bit you bring up the Windows 8 “charms.” 2. When you have multiple apps running you can slide your finger from the left screen bezel to the right to switch between them. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. But you can also perform these actions with touch-based gestures.