Questions tagged [touchpad]
A touchpad or trackpad is a device, normally on laptops, which does the same thing as a mouse by tracking the movement of the user's fingers.
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Surface Pro 4 keyboard not responding and LEDs don't work
My Surface Pro 4 Type Cover keyboard is not responding to any key presses or touchpad movements. When I press the Caps or the Fn key, the LEDs don't light up. When I close the cover, the surface ...
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Delay in mouse movement when using both the keyboard & mouse simultaneously
I got a new Lenovo Flex 2 15 a couple of days ago, and the laptop is working pretty well.
However, when I use the keyboard then quickly attempt to move the mouse with the touchpad, I am unable to move ...
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Way too fast scrolling in Emacs on OSX
In GUI builds of emacs for OSX, the scrolling speed when using the trackpad in so fast that it's unusable. I already have the following lines in my init.el:
(setq mouse-wheel-scroll-amount '(1 ((...
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Click and drag in windows 7 sticks after holding left click for a couple of seconds.
If I click and drag my mouse anywhere (such as to highlight text, or drag a file), if I continue to hold left click for about 2 seconds, the mouse will act like I'm still dragging after I release the ...
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Touchpad after-scroll delay fix?
I have an issue with my touchpad.
Every time I scroll, there's a 1sec (not sure) delay before the scrolling stops when I lift my fingers from the touchpad, and it will automatically zoom when I press ...
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Middle click on Surface Pro [duplicate]
How can I get middle click functionality with the surface pro touch pad on the Type Cover keyboard? With Synaptics touch pads you can change settings in the Mouse section of Control Panel, but there ...
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Lenovo Ideapad Z500 touchpad not working correctly
On my Lenovo Ideapad Z500 laptop, the touchpad works fine just after I power up the machine. A little later (usually 30 minutes to one hour) it starts malfunctioning. The pointer doesn't respond ...
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Mouse and touchpad move at different speeds
I have a compaq 610 running windows 7, and I use a USB mouse on it.
The pointer speed is different for the mouse and the touchpad, so when I go to a meeting and take the notebook but not the mouse, ...
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How do I change Google Chrome's touchpad gestures to go back using 2 fingers left-to-right?
Google Chrome is set to go backwards a page by swiping two fingers right to left, but I find that backwards and the opposite of what it is on iPhone. How do I change the setting to use left-to-right 2 ...
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Windows 10 on asus x44h touchpad scolling not working
I have just updated Windows 7 to Windows 10. My touchpad scolling (right-side) is not working anymore.
I have no idea how to fix this in Windows 10.
I have hit the start button and typed "...
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How to Find 3rd Party Applications that Use the Mouse in my OS X Installation?
I'm having a problem with Spotify that causes my mouse to not work properly. Based on my reading online, this problem is caused when third party applications like BetterTouchTool interact with ...
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Drag Lock bug on MacBook Pro?
Even tho I untick Drag Lock in Settings, still when I double tap, move the window and release the finger from trackpad, window is still locked to trackpad, I have to tap again to unlock it. Anyone ...
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touch pad randomly stopped working on ubuntu desktop
Question: What steps can I take to make a touchpad that once worked, work again.
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I'm running ubuntu desktop on my net book. it has been working more or less fine. There have been some minor ...
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Disable "gesture" to turn off touchpad
I have a problem with my laptop and the touchpad. There's "something" that handles a 3-finger tap in the touchpad and causes the touchpad to be enabled/disabled (buttons keep working). This was ...
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Cursor moves slightly during trackpad click
I've noticed this on a few laptops, but this question is specifically for the Dell XPS 13 with the precision touchpad. Often if I attempt to click using the trackpad, the cursor will move slightly ...
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How do I disable the annoying touchpad edge swipe gestures in Windows 10 for generic touchpads?
I need some help in turning off/disabling the touchpad edge swipe gestures in my Windows 10 2-in-1. When I swipe from the right, it brings up the Action Center. When I swipe from the left, it brings ...
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Mousepad tap does not work on debian stable lxde
I have an Acer Aspire One KAV60 running debian 7.0 stable with lxde as the window manager.
I can't get the mousepad to register a click when I tap it.
I've tried installing gpointing-device-settings,...
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Right ElanTech touchpad button not working in Linux
Problem: Hardware right button of touchpad doesn't work in Linux, but is working fine in Win8.
Have tried several psmouse patches, xinput configs ets... nothing helps :(
OS: Debian Jessie 64bit
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How to disable Macbook's trackpad to not zoom?
I went to Mac's Preferences for TrackPad and uncheck Zoom already, but if I go to Chrome or Firefox, and use two fingers to zoom, the page will still zoom in or zoom out. It is troublesome because ...
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Disable time/date pop up when scrolling
Recently installed Win 8. Sometimes on laptop, I will scroll left using touch pad, and the time/date box pops up on lower left. Have to click out of it to continue scrolling. Not sure what I am doing ...
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How to disable the laptop touchpad driver?
I want to disable the driver for my touchpad. It is called "PS/2 Compatible Mouse". If I go to properties the disable button is grayed out. There is also no option to disable in the context menu if I ...
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Dell Latitude D830 laptop - disable touchpad
The touch pad is a real pain because it seems to pickup my hand as I'm typing. I never use it the touchpad, I prefer using the the finger pointer on the keyboard between letters G-H-B.
Is there a ...
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Disable Touchpad or PS/2 mouse
i wonder if someone can help me - I've been asked by a friend to permanently disable the touchpad on her Acer Aspire 5175Z laptop.
There's a function key combo (Fn-F7) which disabled it but only ...
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Get two-finger scroll on Windows laptop touchpad (like on macbook)?
I have a Dell Latitude laptop. Scrolling using the touchpad is possible by sliding along the right (or bottom) side of the touchpad. This doesn't work too well for me. Is it possible to configure the ...
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Best Keyboard with a built-in pointing device for a media center Mac? [closed]
I've got a Mac Mini as my home entertainment machine, and I'm currently using a regular wireless keyboard and mouse combo. I don't really have a great mousing surface, so I'd like to use something ...
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Disable finger-swipe to minimize all tabs (Windows 10)
I recently got a new Microsoft computer with Windows 10.
When I am using the touchpad to two-finger scroll, often all of my tabs will get minimized. After trying to re-create the problem, I figured ...
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Is two-finger scrolling on a trackpad possible on a PC laptop?
Anyone with a MacBook or MacBook Pro can scroll by using two fingers on the trackpad. I haven't seen this implemented on a PC laptop under any version of Windows.
Is it possible, and if not, how ...
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Annoying trackpad freeze on MacBook
Trackpad usually works, but sometimes stops responding for around 5 seconds and then suddenly starts working again. Seems to happen when I switch between typing and moving + button-clicking and also ...
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Scrolling With Trackpad Locks Computer
I received a Dell Latitude 3340 (from 2015 I believe) with Windows 10 Pro pre-installed. I'm having a problem where whenever I two-finger scroll using the trackpad, the computer locks itself. Since ...
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Since upgrading to Windows 10 my touchpad rapidly switches from enabled to disabled
My laptop is an MSI GT70 Dragon edition. Since upgrading to Windows 10, whenever I wake up my laptop and after I enter the password the touchpad will toggle between enabled and disabled, sometimes for ...
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