# Better graph-view scrolling on trackpads **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Tags:** graph-view\ **Created:** [May 29, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742 "2020-05-29T06:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eugleo](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/eugleo/32/236_2.png) [@Eugleo](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Eugleo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/1 "2020-05-29T06:43:22Z")
Hey, I’m on MacOS, and it’d be great if a two-finger swipe moved the graph view around instead of zooming it. Zooming could then be implemented with pinching gestures (similar to how it works on phones). These two things would give Obsidian a much more native feel! ---
**Author:** ![b3u](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/b3u/32/707_2.png) [@b3u](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/b3u)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/2 "2020-06-02T20:08:15Z")
I’m on linux, and I’ve got the same problem with my trackpad. I think that swipe vs. pinch idea is pretty standard. ---
**Author:** ![Licat](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/licat/32/2_2.png) [@Licat](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Licat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/4 "2020-06-10T23:34:44Z")
I’m not sure that gesture is something we can get access to. If you open chrome and perform the pinch gesture, what happens? Does the whole interface become bigger/smaller? ---
**Author:** ![Eugleo](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/eugleo/32/236_2.png) [@Eugleo](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Eugleo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/5 "2020-06-12T05:39:14Z")
> If you open chrome and perform the pinch gesture, what happens? Does the whole interface become bigger/smaller? No, only the page content gets magnified, as one would expect. And it is some feature beside the magnifier as well, because the magnifier stays at 100% all the time. EDIT: After a quick research, I found the following code ```js const webFrame = require("electron").webFrame; webFrame.setVisualZoomLevelLimits(1, 3); ``` Which allows me to zoom on the whole interface (as if the sidebars and navigation bars were parts of the content, too). Now just to figure out how to specify that those should have fixed size and position… ---
**Author:** ![arcandio](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/arcandio/32/2221_2.png) [@arcandio](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/arcandio)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/6 "2020-07-10T02:24:04Z")
Just throwing my hat in for pinch-to-zoom as well, almost made another topic without searching first. In my case, it’s a MS Surface Pro 3. ---
**Author:** ![divyanshu](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/divyanshu/32/2572_2.png) [@divyanshu](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/divyanshu)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/7 "2020-07-18T20:24:04Z")
This was first thing that irked me a little while using the graph view with the trackpad. I hope this gets implemented, it’ll be a nice QoL update and make it feel more like a native mac app. ---
**Author:** ![bernardo\_v](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/bernardo_v/32/189_2.png) [@bernardo\_v](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/bernardo_v)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/8 "2020-07-18T22:13:47Z")
+1 for this ---
**Author:** ![Oshino](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@Oshino](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Oshino)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/9 "2021-07-18T20:42:35Z")
> [@Eugleo](#): > > pinching +1 for this. Before mobile apps are released, I didn’t know that scrolling around with graph view on android/iPad can be such a pleasure to do. The drag-to-scroll on mac feels like a pain now. Wish to get this feature implemented. ---
**Author:** ![MasterP](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@MasterP](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/MasterP)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/10 "2022-03-24T08:36:25Z")
+1 for this. I use obsidian mostly on my mac, and its so uncomfortable. This change would be awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Eldar](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/eldar/32/31551_2.png) [@Eldar](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Eldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/11 "2022-06-28T16:57:58Z")
+1! Besides that, absolutely love the app! ---
**Author:** ![guicosta](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@guicosta](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/guicosta)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/12 "2022-09-20T02:59:27Z")
Hi! I just noticed Excalidraw plugin uses the trackpad two-finger-scroll/pinch-to-zoom gestures properly. Can this mean it would be feasible to implement this feature in Obsidian’s Graph pane as well? ---
**Author:** ![guidofraga](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/guidofraga/32/47388_2.png) [@guidofraga](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/guidofraga)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/13 "2023-05-02T15:08:51Z")
+1 for navigating with trackpad, and pinching gestures to zoom in/out ---
**Author:** ![pennymr](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pennymr](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/pennymr)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/14 "2023-09-17T19:14:39Z")
+1 for navigating trackpad and pinching gestures to zoom in and out. Most other canvas programs default to this functionality, so the lack of this provides just enough friction for me to dislike using the graph function, which is one of the coolest features of Obsidian in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Fomo](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fomo](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Fomo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/15 "2023-09-22T07:42:33Z")
+1 for navigating with trackpad and pinching to zoom ---
**Author:** ![akrew](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@akrew](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/akrew)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/16 "2024-07-07T22:58:24Z")
+1 2 finger panning to navigate and pinching or cmd + pan for zoom ---
**Author:** ![heyflorin](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@heyflorin](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/heyflorin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/17 "2025-06-05T23:14:49Z")
Any update on this? I just landed here because I was trying to find a solution to better Trackpad support for Graph View. ---
**Author:** ![raily](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@raily](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/raily)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/18 "2025-08-20T14:03:49Z")
+1 It would be great if I could use a two-finger gesture on the trackpad to zoom and pan, similar to _Canvas_ ---
**Author:** ![jeong57281](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/jeong57281/32/94453_2.png) [@jeong57281](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/jeong57281)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/better-graph-view-scrolling-on-trackpads/742/19 "2026-06-24T12:14:41Z")
Got tired of waiting for this so I made a little plugin for it — search “Graph Scroll Pan” in community plugins.