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Windows 10 had a special tablet mode optimized for touchscreens. While it wasn’t perfect, it was easy to turn on and enabled you to use touch instead of the mouse and keyboard. Windows 11 has ditched tablet mode, but it does touch better than Windows 10 did. How is that possible?

Microsoft decided to stop offering two environments in parallel (one for the mouse and keyboard, and another for touch), and redesign the user interface so that it works equally well for both. As a result, when Windows 11 detects that you’re using touch, it automatically increases the spacing between icons and other interface elements a bit, so that they're more touch-friendly. Most people can’t tell the difference between Windows 11 on a desktop PC and on a laptop with touch. You must have a PC and a device with touch next to each other to notice the subtle differences.

To use Windows 11 on a touchscreen, you need to know a few basic gestures:

 Tap to select an item, such as a file or a shortcut. This gesture is the equivalent of a click.

 Tap and hold down to right-click an item.

 Double-tap to open a file or an app. This gesture is the equivalent of a double-click.

 Tap and drag to move an item across the screen.

Learning how to swipe with your fingers on the screen helps too:

 Swipe right to left (in from the right side of your screen to the left) to open notifications and the calendar.

 Swipe left (in from the left side) to view the widgets.

As you browse around Windows 11, notice how almost everything is a lot more touch-friendly than in Windows 10. I appreciate the new Settings app in Windows 11. It's simpler and better for both touch and mouse than Settings in Windows 10. Also, the highly improved File Explorer (see Figure 1-6) makes navigating files and folders much easier on a tablet.

FIGURE 1-6: File Explorer in Windows 11 works much better on touchscreens.