1. A method for recognizing a combined tap and translation gesture on a sensor panel, comprising: detecting object motion of one or more objects on the sensor panel; identifying a tap gesture associated with the object motion; identifying a translation of the one or more objects independent of the object motion associated with the tap gesture following a performance of the tap gesture; recognizing the tap gesture and the translation as a combined tap and translation gesture distinct from the tap gesture and the translation; and performing one of a plurality of different operations associated with the combined tap and translation gesture based on a number of a series of one or more taps in the identified tap gesture.