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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How to disable specific zone on touchpad so that thumb resting on button area doesn't cause erratic behavior
I have used laptops with separate manual/mechanical buttons for many years, but need to get a new laptop and they all have full touchpads without separate buttons now. My thumb naturally sits on the ...
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Slowed/smoothed touch pad movement; 2022 dell xps 15; Arch linux
After using my computer for a while, the touch pad starts to become slow. It almost becomes smooth when moving slowly.
Please tell me what resources you all would need to help me diagnose this issue.
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Synaptics Touchpad settings missing/not showing
I want to disable the automatic touchpad delay when using both keyboard and touchpad (Synaptics PrecisionTouchpad) at the same time. This has been asked and answered multiple times, including a ...
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Facing cursor lag on Chrome on laptop
I have recently been facing cursor lags when I'm scrolling and zooming on Google Chrome. It doesn't occur on any other app, neither on any other search engine. I tried looking for fixes, closed Chrome ...
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Why does my touchpad sometimes not work unless I hold my finger on it for a few seconds?
My ThinkPad X1 Carbon (7th generation) sometimes has the same problem as this person on Microsoft Answers. Sometimes, after I've been using the computer for a while, the touchpad becomes unresponsive. ...
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How to disable back-forward action when swiping horizontally on trackpad in firefox on linux?
Since a couple of weeks my Firefox installation (Nightly, now on FF 100.0.2) on Linux (Guix, X11, Gnome 40.4) goes back or forward in history when I swipe horizontally on the touchpad (with two ...
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On a brand new MacBook Pro, a regular trackpad click does not work
My brand new MacBook Pro is failing to click. Just like that, everything else works — two-finger right-click, keyboard — everything works. But a plain old regular trackad click just fails to respond.
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Touchpad buttons not working for a certain user
Touchpad buttons are not working for my user only.
My laptop is: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Nano.
For other administrator users, the touchpad buttons are working.
How can I resolve this?
I have tried ...
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What are those silicone blobs inside trackpad buttons? [closed]
I’m currently trying to fix up a fairly old computer where one of the trackpad buttons is actually missing the little silicone membrane that lets it register clicks. It seems like there’s a little ...
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KDE Plasma with Walyland - Touchpad right click not working
I've installed Debian (LMDE, Linux Mint Debian Edition) with KDE Plasma and Wayland, into Lenovo Ideapad D330 2in1 tablet/netbook. Using X11 session is not a solution, because of random blank screen ...
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The touchpad randomly stops working
I've got a Dell Inspiron 5515, running Windows 11, and after a year of owning it, I've started to get this weird issue where the touchpad clicking stops working randomly (I can still move the mouse ...
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Windows 11 does not contain a toggle to disable touchpad
I've installed Windows 11 and I want to disable my touchpad. According to other sources, there should be a Toggle in the settings for the touchpad. However, my touchpad settings contains no such thing:...
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Literally can't figure out a way to increase Touchpad Speed beyond windows maximum
I've downloaded a dozen softwares for "mouse speed increase" but none of them work for laptop touchpads, even Mouse Speed Switcher, have tried registry hacks, etc, nothing works.
What can I ...
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Problems after replacing new battery on Macbook Pro 2017 A1706 (EMC3071)
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Macbook Pro 2017 A1706 (EMC3071)
Battery Model A1819
Battery used in replacement
EGOWAY A1706 A1819 Laptop Replacement Battery for MacBook Pro 13 inch Touch Bar Late 2016 Mid 2017 EMC 3071 3163 ...
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Disable *part of* touchpad on Win 10
Due to the somewhat questionable placement of the touchpad on my ASUS ZenBook device I'd like to disable a certain part of it. Is there a way to do it?
Please note that I am not looking for ways to ...
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