Three fingers drag doesn't work when fingers are vertically

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I have a problem with three fingers drag gesture in OS X Lion on my Macbook Air 2011. This gesture can be turned on in trackpad preferences. I have no problems when my fingers are horizontally like in video instruction:

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But often I use laptop from the bed, and my fingers are vertically:

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In this position system often (but not always) doesn't recognize the gesture and act like two fingers gesture.

Is it common behavior, or bug in my laptop? Can it be fixed?

homm

Posted 2011-09-25T04:24:12.143

Reputation: 121

Same issue here with MBP (2011) OS 10.7.1. – Jin – 2011-09-25T05:48:24.917

Your question pointed out the core thing here: your fingers should be oriented a certain way to get consistent three finger drag. Orientation is critical for it to work every time. – Brett – 2012-08-26T03:31:50.040

Answers

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Try using only the top half of your trackpad when doing this.

The lowest finger might get interpreted as the "button finger" whose movements are ignored.

Daniel Beck

Posted 2011-09-25T04:24:12.143

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Asked: 2011-09-25T04:24:12.143

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