Perform OS X swipes on PC mouse and keyboard

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By default:

Move Right One Page: [swipe left] or ctrl +[rightarrow]
Move Left One Page: [swipe right] or ctrl + [leftarrow]
Mission Control: [swipe up] or ctrl + [uparrow]
App Expose: [swipe down] or ctrl + [downarrow]

You can change these shortcuts in System Preferences.app -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts tab.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Jesper M
    Jesper M over 1 year

    Is there a way to perform OS X's swipe gestures using Windows-style mouse and keyboard?

    In this case OS X 10.7 runs as a guest inside a virtualization environment. To OS X it appears as if a standard PC keyboard and two-button mouse are attached over USB. These two are the only input devices present.

    Edit: I don't mean to perform the same finger movements, like swiping 3 fingers over a trackpad. My question is whether there is a list of standardized keyboard shortcuts, or combinations of keyboard and mouse actions, which quickly does the same as swipes.

    • alecail
      alecail almost 12 years
      What are you using exactly to virtualize OS X 10.7 ?
    • Jesper M
      Jesper M almost 12 years
      @Antoine: I'm not quite sure whether it helps you to answer my question or not; but the virtualization layer is a VMWare Player 4.
    • Nima G
      Nima G almost 12 years
      Unless you have a touchpad with multi-touch support, it won't be possible to emulate it. But I might be wrong.