Internet Browser Controls
Surf simply
Navigate the 'net with simple controls on the Wii U GamePad. Scroll pages, change tabs and type messages on its touch screen.
Using the Wii U GamePad touch screen you can:
- Touch toolbar options and website links to select them
- Double-tap to zoom in and out of the place you touched
- Slide the stylus across the screen to scroll through the web page
Using the Wii U GamePad buttons and control sticks, the following browser controls are available:
Browser Screen Controls
- Scroll through a web page – Move the Left Stick
- Hide/unhide the toolbar – Press the Left Stick like a button
- Analogue zoom – Move the Right Stick
- Zoom in to/out from the centre of the screen – Press the Right Stick
- Select a link from the current web page – Press the +Control Pad
- Confirm a selected link – Press the A Button
- Open in a new tab – Hold the A Button
- Back – Press the B Button
- Close the selected tab – Hold the B Button for a few moments
- Zoom in – Press the + Button
- Zoom out – Press the - Button
- Back/Forward – Press L/R Buttons
- Scroll through open tabs – Press the ZL/ZR Buttons
- Close/open the curtains – Press the X Button
- Open the curtain with a drum roll – Hold the X Button
- Display the bookmark menu – Press the Y Button
- Tilt scroll – Hold the ZL Button and the ZR Button and tilt the Wii U GamePad
- Exit the Internet browser – Press the HOME Button
Image Preview Controls
- Scroll – Move the Left Stick
- Hide/unhide the toolbar – Press the Left Stick like a button
- Analogue zoom – Move the Right Stick
- Zoom in – Press the + Button
- Zoom out – Press the - Button
- Close image preview – B Button
Video Playback Controls
- Hide/unhide the toolbar – Press the Left Stick like a button
- Play/pause video – A Button
- Rewind/fast-forward – left/right on the Left Stick or +Control Pad
- Cancel video playback – B Button
- Rewind/fast-forward a specific amount – L Button/R Button respectively
- Initiate fast-forward playback – Hold the R Button