Anyone else finding the navigation modes confusing?
Hi,
Anyone else who finds the Mouse and Trackpad navigation modes confusing. Both modes seem to require that you have both a mouse and a trackpad at the same time for full functionality.
How, using a mouse, am I supposed to “Slide with to fingers or pinch to zoom”?
How, using a Trackpad, am I supposed to “Scroll vertically with mouse wheel, horizontally with mouse wheel+Shift” or “Zoom using Ctrcl/Cmd + mouse wheel”?
But I’m afraid that guide just repeats exactly what I find confusing. Check the images in the guide and you will find that in Mouse mode you are supposed to use a two-finger gesture on a trackpad, and in Trackpad mode you are supposed to use the scrollwheel on a mouse.
BR
/Björn
@MiroBjörn - My laptop has a trackpad and a touchscreen, but I also have a mouse (with a wheel) connected.
Miro defaults me to touchscreen mode the very first time I access a board, e.g., I have cleared my cookies/am in an incognito window/a new computer, but once I set my navigation mode to Mouse, it remembers my choice.
I only use a mouse with Miro as I have a small, wireless mouse.
To zoom in/out, I use the wheel:
To move/pan around the board, with my cursor in pan mode, i.e., the hand, I click and drag. Note: You can quickly switch between select and pan mode using the V or H hotkey. You can also toggle pan mode from select mode by pressing the Spacebar.
In this example, I will use the V hotkey to switch between select and pan:
Thanks,
I think I finally got it. The application can’t differentiate between input devices. So the instruction shows what will be the effect of the different settings regardless of device.
I would still expect the settings to define gestures and button controls to achieve the same functions as on the touch screen but with mouse and trackpad.
/Björn
@MiroBjörn - You nailed it, and that’s a great way to explain. Miro can detect what input devices are present and then sets a navigation mode based upon some logic, e.g., touchscreen trumps trackpad? Once the mode is set, you are stuck with that mode’s navigation options.
Can we have normal navigation mode:
Ctrl+Mousewheel = zoom
Shift+Mousewheel = left right
mousewheel = up down
Can we have normal navigation mode:
Ctrl+Mousewheel = zoom
Shift+Mousewheel = left right
mousewheel = up down
@Chris Ride - If you are using a laptop with a trackpad and have the option to switch to that, the Trackpad navigation mode functions just as you have described: