Grey Swirl Circle — What is it?

[emdy]

Real newbie question. Sometimes when I tap or slide my finger across the trackpad my cursor becomes a grey swirl circle that doesn’t move. What am I doing wrong?

[Freddy]

This is the multitouch feature, used for scrolling, pinching etc.
See you “mouse” settings in control panel (the Synaptics touchpad settings).

[mauwong]

That’s the chiral motion. When you see it, it means that you’re touching the vertical or horizontal scroll. You can then run circle on your touchpad to scroll. It seems a number of people may not like it but I do.

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