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Trackpad gestures

Pinch, rotate, and swipe on a remote Mac, and how to tune pointer feel.

Continuo forwards trackpad gestures as native events on the remote Mac, not just pointer position. Pinch-to-zoom, rotate, and swipe behave the way they would on a local trackpad when the link is healthy. Gesture forwarding requires Pro; see Free vs Pro.

Pinch and other gestures arrive on the remote Mac as native trackpad events.

What crosses

Gesture events travel on the low-latency motion channel alongside pointer movement. Supported gestures include magnify (pinch), rotate, and swipe patterns macOS reports through the event tap.

Tune remote feel

Under Settings → Control & Edges → Pointer, set Pointer device to Trackpad to force the steeper trackpad acceleration curve on the remote side even if you are using a mouse locally. Auto follows whichever device you are actually using. Trackpad sensitivity scales remote acceleration: 1.0 matches native trackpad scaling read from macOS defaults.

If the remote cursor feels too fast after a flick, lower trackpad sensitivity or switch Pointer device to Mouse when using an external mouse.

When gestures feel laggy

Continuo prefers direct peer links when available. If latency spikes, a banner may suggest waking a direct P2P path, for example by starting AirDrop or Universal Control briefly on the same network.

See Connection and sleep if the link drops after wake.