Use multi-touch gestures in project screens

You can use multi-touch gestures to either zoom-and-pan or resize-and-move a project screen during project run time, depending on how the screen is configured.

Specifically, it depends on whether Zoom/Pan Mode for a given screen is set to Inner or Outer. For more information, see About the Multi-Touch settings for project screens.

Note: For these gestures to work, at least two fingers must be touching the same project screen. If only one finger is inside the screen and the others are outside it, the touch input will be ignored.

Inner Zoom/Pan

When Inner Zoom/Pan is enabled for a project screen, you can use two-finger gestures to zoom and pan the contents of that screen. Simply touch two fingers to any part of the screen, and then either pinch and stretch to zoom or slide to pan. Zooming changes the scale of the screen's contents, and panning moves the viewable area within the screen's border. The screen itself does not change size or position in relation to the other open screens.

You can use Inner Zoom/Pan to get a closer look at part of a project screen. For example, if a large external image such as a photo or illustration is displayed in a small inset screen, you can use Inner Zoom/Pan to manipulate the image within that inset. Also, if the Auto Screen Scaling option is selected in your project settings and some screens are downscaled so much that they become illegible, you can use Inner Zoom/Pan to improve the view of those screens.

These gestures are not supported on Mobile Access.

Outer Zoom/Pan

When Outer Zoom/Pan is enabled for a project screen, you can use two-finger gestures to resize and move that screen within the viewer window. Simply touch your fingers to any part of the screen, and then either pinch and stretch to resize or slide to move. Zooming changes the size of the entire screen (automatically scaling the screen's contents to fit), and panning moves the screen in relation to the other open screens.

You can use Outer Zoom/Pan to change the layout of all open screens, just as you would arrange windows on the Windows desktop.

These gestures are not supported on Mobile Access.

Note: As an alternative to Outer Zoom/Pan, you can enable the Resizing border for a project screen. That will also make the screen resizable and movable within the viewer window, although it adds a Windows-style border (including title bar) around the screen. For more information, see Screen Attributes.