Touch screen is an essential part for today’s smartphones. You interact with the phone mainly through the screen with your finger using certain gestures. The phone can understand certain finger gestures on the touch screen.
Of course, Galaxy Note 5 also allows you to interact with the phone with the unique S Pen.
This guide explains the available Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gestures with finger or S Pen.  Understanding the various Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gestures can help you use the phone more effectively.
Please note, the Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gestures mentioned in this page are the basic gestures that are accepted by most Android phones and tablets.
In addition to these common Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gestures, some apps may accept other gestures. These will be app dependent. You need check the guide of these apps.
Tapping is the simplest Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gesture.  This is usually comparable to click when you are using a mouse.
You can use tapping gesture:
You can use your finger or S Pen to tap the corresponding location on Galaxy Note 5 touch screen as shown below.
Tapping and holding gesture requires you to tap and hold an item on the screen or just the screen for more than 2 seconds to access available options.
In some apps, this Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gesture is used to select items.
Swiping is one of the confusing Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gestures.
Galaxy Note 5 responds to swiping gesture (as shown below) in different ways depending on how you swipe and on which screen you swipe.
Dragging gesture allows you to tap and hold an item and drag it to the target position.
So essentially, dragging gesture lets you move an item. For example, you can move an app in Galaxy Note 5 Home screen or Apps screen to a new location with this gesture.
You can double tap on a webpage or image to zoom in.
Double-tap again to return.
Spread two fingers apart on a webpage, map, or image to zoom in a part. Pinch to zoom out.
If you have any questions on Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gestures, or encounter any problems when using Galaxy Note 5 touch screen gestures, please let us know in the comment box below.
The community will try to help you.
For other Galaxy Note 5 features and detailed Galaxy Note 5 how-to guides , please check Galaxy Note 5 how-to guides page.
You may also download and read the official Samsung Galaxy Note 5 user manual here.
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How should i do screen zoom out in galaxy note 5. Its screen zoom is not adjustable in accessibility feature. My icons and time and many things are zoomed. Please clear
The zoom gesture only works in some apps when the app supports the gesture.
Accessibility is totally different thing. Don't mess up accessibility settings unless you know you need it.
What exactly did you want to achieve?
For photo shoot, to click, just to touch the screen....is it possible in galaxy note 5?
For front camera, yes, you can enable tap to take picture in camera settings (under shooting methods).
For rear camera, no, tap is a gesture for changing focus. In Galaxy S8, Samsung added the floating camera button to solve this issue.
You can try third-party camera apps which usually support tap to take photo.
recently I've a problem regarding 2. Tapping and holding, tap and hol my for 3/4/5/6 second but the option are not coming, can you help which setting need to change ? Samsung Galaxy Note 5
For what?
I have found that most problems solutions are so hard to understand make sense. Or they feel understand. Or they just don't work. zinc have a dexterity problem. trouble with tremors. I want the dexterity made so that it is not so sensitive.
How do I turn the dexterity off on the settings so that I
Settings- accessibility - dexterity and interaction
Hangs up when face touches screen. How can I modify (decrease) sensitivity?
You need visit service center to adjust touch sensitivity. It seldom causes problems.
I frequently have this problem too. I have to use earphones when talking on the phone, so this doesn't happen.
That is ridiculous that a simple setting such as sensitivity on screen. .must be taken into center. ..another reason added to many why my note 4 kiks the note 5 ..