(ANSWERED)Forum not working on 2 Finger Macbook Swipe
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Is anyone experiencing a problem using the forum on a Mac whilst using the gestures on a trackpad?
Whenever i swipe left or wipe with two fingers on the trackpad - in order to advance or roll back pages, the whole screen merely moves slightly to the left or right and then reverts back to the centre of the screen. Other gestures such as scrolling the page up and down work fine however.
On any other webpage, the swipe gestures work perfectly well.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Whenever i swipe left or wipe with two fingers on the trackpad - in order to advance or roll back pages, the whole screen merely moves slightly to the left or right and then reverts back to the centre of the screen. Other gestures such as scrolling the page up and down work fine however.
On any other webpage, the swipe gestures work perfectly well.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Lenny007,
I have this problem too, intermittently! However, from what I've researched, (I think) its Apple not fixing a problem, not a specific page.
I haven't tried this solution myself, so I can't vouch for it, but I found this tip from someone on an Apple forum:
"I know I'm coming in pretty late but I too was facing this problem, so I thought I'll give the solution.
A hint - Don't use Chrome's in-built two finger swipe. I'm on Chrome 24 right now, so they've had ample opportunity to fix the problem since you reported it. But they haven't.
The problem actually is - web pages that are longer than the viewport and have content you have to scroll down to see will not work with the two finger swipe, the page will just slide up or down based on the direction you're pushing in.
The solution - use BetterTouchTool to define your own two finger swipes for Chrome. I did that and it started working instantly for Chrome. It works on all pages, regardless of whether they have scroll or not. I tested on a lot pf pages.
I know that this will not be as 'sexy' as Chrome's inbuilt swipe, but it works. You will also be dependent on BTT but I use it on so many apps that it remains on at all times.
I use BTT for three finger swipe in Finder to go back and forth and also for four finger tap to close a window (this works globally)."
Hope that helps.
Jack
I have this problem too, intermittently! However, from what I've researched, (I think) its Apple not fixing a problem, not a specific page.
I haven't tried this solution myself, so I can't vouch for it, but I found this tip from someone on an Apple forum:
"I know I'm coming in pretty late but I too was facing this problem, so I thought I'll give the solution.
A hint - Don't use Chrome's in-built two finger swipe. I'm on Chrome 24 right now, so they've had ample opportunity to fix the problem since you reported it. But they haven't.
The problem actually is - web pages that are longer than the viewport and have content you have to scroll down to see will not work with the two finger swipe, the page will just slide up or down based on the direction you're pushing in.
The solution - use BetterTouchTool to define your own two finger swipes for Chrome. I did that and it started working instantly for Chrome. It works on all pages, regardless of whether they have scroll or not. I tested on a lot pf pages.
I know that this will not be as 'sexy' as Chrome's inbuilt swipe, but it works. You will also be dependent on BTT but I use it on so many apps that it remains on at all times.
I use BTT for three finger swipe in Finder to go back and forth and also for four finger tap to close a window (this works globally)."
Hope that helps.
Jack
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