People love using finger swipes on iPads and iPhones. What seemed clunky at first are now quick, fluid, and almost intuitive. And many are consistent across platforms. A pinch in one program does the same in many, as does a swipe and a flick.
The most popular iPad-iPhone swipes typically involve gestures that facilitate navigation, multitasking, and interacting with apps. Here are some commonly used (note: some work on either iPhone or iPad but not both):
- Squeeze: pinch thumb and finger together or apart to shrink or enlarge a page
- Flick: quick upward swipe with your finger to throw an app off the screen
- Swipe sideways: to the right to switch from the app you’re in to the previous one
- Home Gesture: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to return to the home screen from any app or screen.
- Drag down from upper-right corner: to access the systems services
- Drag down from center of top of screen: to access notifications
- Long touch: on home screen to bring up a drop down menu
- Control Center Gesture: Swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen to access Control Center, where you can adjust settings like brightness, volume, and more.
- Notification Center Gesture: Swipe down from the top edge of the screen (except the top-right corner) to access Notification Center, where you can view and manage notifications.
- Split View Gesture: While in an app, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Dock. Then, drag an app from the Dock to the left or right edge of the screen.
- Slide Over Gesture: While in an app, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Dock. Then, drag an app from the Dock to the middle of the screen to activate Slide Over, allowing you to quickly interact with a second app without leaving the first one.
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
