Can anyone shed any light on why you can’t swipe back and forward in Finder with a trackpad? The option in Settings allows for two finger swipe between pages in eg. Safari, but that doesn’t extend to Finder, and I can’t work out why?

I’ve been able to activate it using BetterTouchTool, but it seems like a truly bizarre omission, considering how much Apple have optimised macOS for trackpad use.

I don’t know why I’ve never really thought about it before, but now I can’t stop…

  • RacoonVegetable
    3·
    22 days ago

    You can use column view. It’s not exactly what you’re asking for but kinda similar.

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubOPEnglish
      3·
      22 days ago

      Yeah, I know column view is an option, I’m just wondering why - for a company as focused on trackpad manipulation as Apple - they never brought that to Finder. And since my original post I’ve noticed that swiping doesn’t work in Settings either.

      It just seems like a bizarre omission.

    • HKPiax@lemmy.world
      3·
      21 days ago

      How did you create this screenshot? I mean, is there some kind of smart program that lets you zoom in like that?