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Gestures and pointer actions

Many Crest actions stay out of the permanent chrome. This is the practical map for touch, trackpad, mouse, and drag and drop.

iPhone​

  • Swipe vertically on the address capsule to move between the page and tab viewer.
  • Swipe horizontally on the compact toolbar to page between cards in Split View. Outside a split, this gesture intentionally does nothing.
  • Swipe from the leading edge to reveal a collapsed sidebar.
  • Swipe or scroll the Space picker to move between Spaces.
  • Touch and hold tabs, folders, links, and Space controls for context actions.

Mac and iPad​

  • Drag a Split View divider to resize its columns.
  • Drag a sidebar tab onto the page to create or extend a Split View.
  • Drag tabs and folders to reorder them, save them in folders, or move them when a destination is shown.
  • Swipe or scroll over the Space picker to change Spaces.
  • Use the normal two-finger Back and Forward gesture inside web content; WebKit owns the page-navigation gesture.

Mouse and trackpad details on Mac​

  • Right-click a tab, folder, Space, or link for its contextual actions.
  • Middle-click a current tab to close it.
  • Middle-click a pinned or saved item to unload its live page while keeping the durable item.
  • Double-click the saved-location indicator on a saved tab, or its pinned tile when applicable, to return to the saved home URL.
  • Enable Focus Follows Mouse in Split View if moving the pointer between cards should move focus too.

Dragging without losing work​

Dragging changes organization, not the page’s identity. A tab moved into a folder becomes saved; a tab moved to another Space loads under that destination profile; a tab dropped onto a page joins its Split View. Watch the insertion target before releasing when folders are nested.