# Mousepad rotate without mouse

**URL:** <https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/mousepad-rotate-without-mouse/1407>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 12, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/mousepad-rotate-without-mouse/1407 "2024-01-12T17:15:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![imgprojts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@imgprojts](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/imgprojts)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/mousepad-rotate-without-mouse/1407/1 "2024-01-12T17:15:26Z")

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Often times I need to work during a meeting and not want to carry or use a noisy mouse. It would be cool to be able to use just a laptop to move the model around. It seems that panning and zooming work. Just need rotation.

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**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/mousepad-rotate-without-mouse/1407/2 "2024-01-12T17:30:44Z")

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For that you can use the arrow keys.

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**Author:** ![imgprojts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@imgprojts](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/imgprojts)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/mousepad-rotate-without-mouse/1407/3 "2024-01-12T21:27:56Z")

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I feel like I’ve asked this before. Anyway, yeah that works okay.

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**Author:** ![arnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@arnie](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/arnie)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/mousepad-rotate-without-mouse/1407/4 "2024-01-13T07:04:04Z")

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You were probably remembering this post …

> [@Dynamic Rotation with Touchpad](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/dynamic-rotation-with-touchpad/284):
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> Good day all, Is it possible to dynamically rotate a model using a laptop touchpad ? I have tried sliding on the touchpad while holding down the typical keys like ALT or SHIFT or CTRL, but none seem to do the job. I have also tried while holding down the left and right touchpad buttons, but no luck there either. I have looked through the SETTINGS menu, but there are no mouse/touchpad user features available.

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**Author:** ![imgprojts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@imgprojts](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/imgprojts)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/mousepad-rotate-without-mouse/1407/5 "2024-01-16T01:03:03Z")

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Yup. That’s the one. I think the argument for mousepad use is a good one. When I gotta go to a presentation room I usually forget the mouse, then I have to remote into my PC and use the room’s computer. Super not ideal. But mostly for me is to be able to work silently during a meeting where I just need to listen and not really participate. That’s when having good rotation control or at least some would be good. But lol, no such thing on SW anyway so I could not come up with new geometry for example. But I could run different loading scenarios.