(Mac OS X only.) Maya supports the bluetooth-connected Apple Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse, as well as the built-in multi-touch trackpad in newer model MacBooks.
Important: If you enable a trackpad as your multi-touch device, in your Macintosh System Preferences, under Trackpad > More Gestures, turn off Swipe between full-screen apps and Mission control to prevent conflicts between the Maya gestures and the default gestures defined for the trackpad.
To enable your trackpad as a gestural input device
- In the Devices section of the Interface preferences (), set the Use Trackpad preference as follows:
- Set to Cursor and Multi-touch to enable the trackpad as a gestural input device, but continue to use it also as your regular pointing device.
In this mode, 1-finger swipe on the trackpad only moves the cursor and does not tumble the view. To tumble the view, use Shift + 2-finger swipe.
- If you have a secondary input device connected to your MacBook (such as a mouse or non-multi-touch tablet), you can select Multi-touch Gestures Only to use the Trackpad exclusively for gestural input.
In this mode, 1-finger swipe on the trackpad tumbles the camera as well as moving the cursor. To move the cursor without navigating, use Shift + 1-finger swipe.
This lets you use the trackpad for navigation while using your second device for other operations.
Note: Navigation using the trackpad only works when the cursor is over the viewport. Outside of the viewport you can still use the trackpad to click buttons and so on.