Padrail turns the edges of your MacBook trackpad into sliders: volume on the right, brightness on the left, keyboard light at the bottom, and a top edge that changes with the app (tabs, zoom, next track). Free, no account, lives in the menu bar.
I kept reaching for the function keys to change volume and brightness on my MacBook, and I noticed the trackpad has four edges I never touch. So I built Padrail: slide one finger along an edge and it becomes a slider.
Right edge for volume, left for brightness (external monitors too), bottom for the keyboard light. The top edge changes with the app you're in: tabs in Safari and Chrome, zoom in Figma, next track in Spotify.
A few things people asked for in the first week are already in: the edges ignore you while you type or hold a click, you can pause it in games, and there's a volume cap for headphones.
It's free, no account, signed and notarized by Apple. I'd love to know what you'd put on the top edge, and anything that feels off.
About Padrail on Product Hunt
“Turn your MacBook trackpad edges into controls”
Padrail launched on Product Hunt on November 11th, 2026 and earned 75 upvotes and 8 comments, placing #26 on the daily leaderboard. Padrail turns the edges of your MacBook trackpad into sliders: volume on the right, brightness on the left, keyboard light at the bottom, and a top edge that changes with the app (tabs, zoom, next track). Free, no account, lives in the menu bar.
On the analytics side, Padrail competes within Mac, Productivity and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 781.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Padrail performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Padrail?
Padrail was hunted by Ivan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Padrail including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Ivan
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I kept reaching for the function keys to change volume and brightness on my MacBook, and I noticed the trackpad has four edges I never touch. So I built Padrail: slide one finger along an edge and it becomes a slider.
Right edge for volume, left for brightness (external monitors too), bottom for the keyboard light. The top edge changes with the app you're in: tabs in Safari and Chrome, zoom in Figma, next track in Spotify.
A few things people asked for in the first week are already in: the edges ignore you while you type or hold a click, you can pause it in games, and there's a volume cap for headphones.
It's free, no account, signed and notarized by Apple. I'd love to know what you'd put on the top edge, and anything that feels off.