Using Touchpad Gestures and Apple Remote
You can use the touchpad or Apple Remote to control some Windows applications. To use this functionality, enable the corresponding options in the
Gestures and Apple Remote
pane
of the
Virtual Machine Configuration
.
Note:
This feature is available for the following guest operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008.
In the following table, you can see the list of commands for some popular Windows applications.
Action
|
Keyboard and Mouse Combination
|
Apple Remote Key
|
Touchpad Gesture
|
Microsoft Power Point
Start a slide show
|
F5
|
|
n/a
|
End a slide show
|
Esc
|
|
n/a
|
Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide
|
N, Enter, Page Down, Right Arrow, Down Arrow, Space (or click the mouse)
|
|
Swipe right
|
Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide
|
P, Page Up, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Backspace
|
|
Swipe left
|
Zoom in/zoom out
|
Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down
|
n/a
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Microsoft Word/Excel
Zoom in/zoom out
|
Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down
|
n/a
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Windows Media Player
Start playback/pause
|
Space
|
|
n/a
|
Skip to the next song
|
Ctrl+F
|
|
Swipe right
|
Play the previous song
|
Ctrl+B
|
|
Swipe left
|
Volume up
|
F8, Up Arrow, wheel up
|
|
n/a
|
Volume down
|
F9, Down Arrow, wheel down
|
|
n/a
|
Media Player Classic (k-lite)
Start playback/pause
|
Space
|
|
n/a
|
Volume up
|
F8, Up Arrow, wheel up
|
|
n/a
|
Volume down
|
F9, Down Arrow, wheel down
|
|
n/a
|
Winamp
Start playback/pause
|
X to start, C to pause
|
|
n/a
|
Volume up
|
Up Arrow, wheel up
|
|
n/a
|
Volume down
|
Down Arrow, wheel down
|
|
n/a
|
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Page back
|
Backspace, Alt+Left Arrow
|
n/a or
|
Swipe right
|
Page forward
|
Alt+Right Arrow
|
n/a or
|
Swipe left
|
Zoom in/zoom out
|
Ctrl+wheel up/Ctrl+wheel down
|
n/a
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Mozilla Firefox
Page back
|
Backspace, Alt+Left Arrow
|
n/a or
|
Swipe right
|
Page forward
|
Alt+Right Arrow
|
n/a or
|
Swipe left
|
Zoom in/zoom out
|
Ctrl+wheel up/Ctrl+wheel down or Ctrl+"+"/Ctrl+"-"
|
n/a
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
Next image
|
Right Arrow
|
|
Swipe right
|
Previous image
|
Left Arrow
|
|
Swipe left
|
Zoom in/zoom out
|
"+"/"-"
|
or
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Rotate clockwise
|
Ctrl+K
|
n/a
|
Rotate right
|
Rotate counterclockwise
|
Ctrl+L
|
n/a
|
Rotate left
|
|