TalkBack Gestures
The following list contains all Gestures that can be used with talkback. Gestures are listed as they are available on a device that runs TalkBack 13 and Android 12.
Gestures with One Finger
| Swipe up with one finger | Set the navigation focus back or set the reading control up |
| Swipe Down | Set the navigation focus forward or set the reading control down |
| Swipe left | Previous item |
| Swipe right | Next item |
Forward and Backward Gestures with One Finger
| Up then down | Move to the previous reading control |
| Down and up | Move to the next reading control |
| Left then right | Scroll backward |
| Right then left | Scroll forward |
Angle Gestures with One Finger
| Up then left | Go to home screen |
| Up then right | Open TalkBack menu |
| Down then left | Go back |
| Down then right | Open TalkBack menu |
| Left then up | Overview or recent apps |
| Left then down | Search on the screen |
| Right then up | Start Voice Command |
| Right then down | Notifications |
Gestures with Two Fingers
| Tap once with two fingers | Pause or resume speech |
| Tap twice with two fingers | Play or pause the media |
| Tap twice and hold with two fingers | Start or end the selection mode |
| Tap three times with two fingers | Start reading from the focused item |
| Tap three times and hold with two fingers | Enable or disable speech |
| Swipe up with two fingers | Scroll up, can’t be customized (by default, this gesture allows to scroll the screen on the lists) |
| Swipe down with two fingers | Scroll down, can’t be customized (by default, this gesture allows to scroll the screen on the lists) |
| Swipe left with two fingers | Scroll left, can’t be customized (By default, this gesture allows to change pages on multi-page views) |
| Swipe right with two fingers | Scroll right, can’t be customized (By default, this gesture allows to change pages on multi-page views) |
Gestures with Three Fingers
| Tap once with three fingers | Open TalkBack menu |
| Tap once and hold with three fingers | Search on the screen |
| Tap twice with three fingers | Copy |
| Tap twice and hold with three fingers | Cut |
| Tap three times with three fingers | Paste |
| Tap three times and hold with three fingers | Not assigned |
| Swipe up with three fingers | Previous reading control |
| Swipe down with three fingers | Next reading control |
| Swipe left with three fingers | Previous reading control |
| Swipe right with three fingers | Next reading control |
Gestures with Four Fingers
| Tap once with four fingers | Practice TalkBack gestures |
| Tap twice with four fingers | Open TalkBack tutorial |
| Tap twice and hold with four fingers | Pass through next TalkBack gesture to apply a system gesture |
| Tap three times with four fingers | Not assigned |
| Swipe up with four fingers | Previous window |
| Swipe down with four fingers | Next window |
| Swipe left with four fingers | Previous container |
| Swipe right with four fingers | Next container |
You can personalize the TalkBack gestures listed above according to your preference in Talkback settings, and define new functions for unassigned gestures.
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