Hello. Hand tool disappeared in Preview 6.0!? I used to scroll through multipage PDF documents with my Wacom pen. But now I can't! WTF? This is extremely frustrating!
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Preview 6.0: NO hand tool?
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Yep same here.. I'm disappointed that the Hand/Move tool isn't around anymore 
Weird that they got rid of it !
Weird that they got rid of it !
Come to think of it .. the Trackpad and Magic Mouse work just fine though.. could scroll using any of those ;D
Every time a feature is taken away we have to find a second hand solution to it.
It shouldn't work that way. What made them take away this useful feature?
In most apps, holding the spacebar lets you click and drag the document around. Does that still work?
Remember when they took out the ability to pan around in iPhoto with click & drag? People went nuts and Apple eventually reimplemented it.
What do they have against this feature?
What do they have against this feature?
Nope, space bar appears to act as a page down. Like the OP, I use a Wacom tablet - and now reading PDF's in Preview is incredibly difficult.
Grab scroll is your friend
if you use wacom type stylus, search for smartscroll from marcmoini
The 'grab scroll' option allows you to add a 'hand' type effect to anything, your wacom pen will become a million times more useful!
I have the 2nd button assigned to grab, so you can swish around in finder, and even click and drag illustrtor windows whilst the type tool is active, which used to require deselecting the type, then hitting space to grab and drag around a window.
works in preview too - obviously.
if you use wacom type stylus, search for smartscroll from marcmoini
The 'grab scroll' option allows you to add a 'hand' type effect to anything, your wacom pen will become a million times more useful!
I have the 2nd button assigned to grab, so you can swish around in finder, and even click and drag illustrtor windows whilst the type tool is active, which used to require deselecting the type, then hitting space to grab and drag around a window.
works in preview too - obviously.
Three finger drag - I'm using OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 I just ticked the box for 3 finger drag in the trackpad preferences and was able to use the three finger drag to pan around google maps. But it didn't work in autocad.