Multitasking gestures are quick, multitouch shortcuts for navigating around your iPad. You can enable or disable them in Settings (to avoid, for example, swiping in Fruit Ninja and suddenly ending up in Mail). When they're on, however, and you're used to using them, you can really fly between your iPad apps.
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Multitasking gestures are quick, multitouch shortcuts for navigating around your iPad. You can enable or disable them in Settings (to avoid, for example, swiping in Fruit Ninja and suddenly ending up in Mail). When they’re on, however, and you’re used to using them, you can really fly between your iPad apps.
How to use multitasking gesture shortcuts to navigate the iPad homescreen
Some things are just easier to show rather than tell. Here’s a quick video highlighting what the gestures are and what they look like when you do them.
Here’s the full list of available gestures.
- Swipe up with four fingers to open the Fast App Switcher
- Swipe down with four fingers to close the Fast App Switcher
- Swipe left with four fingers to move from the current app to the previous app (according to the order presented in the Fast App Switcher)
Swipe right with four fingers to switch move from the current app to the next app (according to the order presented in the Fast App Switcher)
5 Pinch with four fingers to exit an app and return to the Home screen (like clicking the Home button)
Now get navigating!
Think of gesture navigation as the keyboard shortcuts of the Home screen, or as the alt+tab or cmd+tab of app switching. A way to get around quickly when you need to.
Additional resources:
- Everything you need to know about your new iPad
- How to use the iPad Home button to navigate, access the fast app switcher, take a screenshot, and more
- How to rapidly enter special characters, punctuation, and other keyboard shortcuts on your new iPad
- How to copy, paste, and perform basic text editing on your new iPad
- Even more tips & tricks for new iPad users
- New iPad discussion forums
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