trackpad zoom issues

[tonybikini]

Hi guys, been having issues with the apple magic trackpad for over a year. For some reasons after hopping windows, or simply working for a while, the zoom in by pinch doesnt work anymore. I have to spam the cmd + or cmd - to make it work again. It still works in every other app opened, not a major issue but still breaks my workflow. anyone knows a fix to this? 

Thank you

[Monika Gause]

The trackpad just sucks. I've got one as well. It just stops working out of the blue (and not only in Illustrator). 

There are countless threads in forums all over the place about that. I miss the trackpad from my 2014 Macbook so much. The one on the M1 Macbook sucks in all possible ways.

Someone has coded a fix. But use this at your own risk (I don't use it, so I can't tell if it works)

https://github.com/danqing/Pinch 

[tonybikini]

ill check into the fix thanks! For my trackpad its been working well everywhere else since i bought it 3 years ago, not sure if you got some defective unit? 

[Monika Gause]

There's a reason that this fix exists and that is surely not my personal Macbook.

[tonybikini]

I thought you meant you were using a magic trackpad aswell. The issue is really not on my m1 macbook air trackpad, its working fine on other apps. I also encounter this issue using my magic trackpad i bought for my mac mini. Its only a weird behaviour inside illustrator for every devices i use in my case . 

[Monika Gause]

My M1 Macbook is a Pro and it doesn't behave like pro at all where the trackpad is concerned. That trackpad is too large and it just fails regularly. I have one of those Magic trackpads, but I'm not a fan of them anyway, so I always have to remember to bring my mouse (which is not an Apple mouse either, because Apple did not produce a usable mouse for the last 20 years). 

[tonybikini]

i see! thats a bummer. however im just really wondering what happened with AI in the last 2 years as before that my trackpad had no issues. something broke the zoom function along the way! 

[Monika Gause]

With my trusty old 2014 Macbook I didn't have such issues either. That trackpad was a workhorse. This M1 just sucks all around. The only thing I like about it is the Magsafe plug.