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I have an ACER laptop with Windows 10 and I've been struggling with one frustrating setting that I cannot change.

I use a touchpad for my work. In order to drag and move a scrollbar, I need to point the cursor over it and then double tap on it (holding the second tap).

I would like to be able to just single-tap (holding the second tap) on a scrollbar in order to move it.

How can I achieve this?

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    Just single tap and move is the same as just moving the mouse without holding anything, how do you want to release the scroll bar then?
    – Máté Juhász
    Commented Oct 14, 2015 at 10:51
  • So I used PC/Mac back and forth and I had to get use to this double tap (hold) and use my other finger to drag/drop. Vs Mac which is just a single tap (hold) and the other finger to drag/drop. For just general scrolling; the Acer Predator I just got seems to support two finger scrolling, but it definitely doesn't feel like OS X. IE feels better than Chrome, which makes me wonder what's going on from a Graphics Acceleration standpoint. I'm still looking for a single tap option so I don't get confused in my day to day.
    – Mark
    Commented Dec 17, 2016 at 23:57

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While both the mouse and touchpad are used for moving a pointer around a screen, these two are completely different devices with their own strengths and weaknesses (even when a PCs touchpad isn't as powerful as a Mac's with its multitude of multi-touch gestures). Instead of trying to apply mouse working patterns to your work with touchpad I would suggest you to try leveraging capabilities unique to touchpad to achieve desired outcome (i.e. scrolling a page).

Configuring one or two-finger scrolling might free you from your frustration so you would not have to interact with scrollbars any more.

touchpad scrolling configuration

Assuming that your touchpad is made by Synaptics you can access these settings by clicking Additional mouse options under Settings → Devices → Mouse and touchpad → Related settings.

mouse and touchpad options

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  • If you give maybe a short blurb about why the requested feature isn't desired such as @Máté Juhász's comment, I think your answer would be in tip-top shape. Otherwise, it seems like you're ignoring the question.
    – benJephunneh
    Commented Jun 16, 2016 at 18:28
  • @benJephunneh I can see your point. I've added short explanation.
    – Mr. Tao
    Commented Jun 16, 2016 at 21:01

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