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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Modify or disable Windows 8 swipe gestures on touchpad / laptop
I have an ASUS G75VW laptop with a Synaptic touchpad (/trackpad). When I move my finger from one edge towards the middle (the swipe), Windows 8 will bring up different stuff.
This is a problem ...
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What is the easiest way to disable the touch pad on a laptop?
What is the easiest way to disable the touch pad on a laptop?
I have a laptop which lacks a means to turn off the touchpad with a simple Function key sequence. I would like to disable the touchpad ...
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How do I enable "Momentum" (aka "Inertia") on a notebook with an Elan touchpad?
I have a Lenovo notebook (Win 8) with a touchpad that's manufactured by Elan (aka Elantech).
I've previously used a Synaptics touchpad on my old notebook and have gotten accustomed to its features ...
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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 can I invert touchpad scroll direction on Windows 10 on my Asus laptop?
I just switched to Windows 10 on my ASUS N550JV and installed related drivers from the support page of ASUS. The touchpad works great, but for some reason the direction of scrolling on touchpad is ...
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How to "middle-click" on new macbooks
I have recently switched to Mac, and the only thing I miss from my old notebook is the ability to middle-mousebutton-click by clicking both mousebuttons simultaneously.
This is a crucial feature ...
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Laptop touchpad works incorrectly when on power supply
My original laptop adapter broke down, so I've bought a new one. It's a no-brand adapter from a Dutch internet shop.
The power of the new adapter is slightly more than the old adapter, but in my ...
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How can I emulate middle click in Windows on a touchpad?
On my laptop, the touchpad drivers for it allowed me to emulate middle click by clicking both the left and right mouse buttons at the same time. I'd like to have the same feature on with my netbook's ...
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Asus ATK driver for Windows 10
I'm trying to search the ATK Package driver for Asus Notebooks suitable for Windows 10 but I can find only versions for previous Windows version (8, 8.1, 7). Have Asus already released their ATK ...
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Using keyboard disables touchpad left button for a second on Acer laptop in Windows 8.1
The problem is present in the whole system not only in games: desktop, chrome, games, everywhere.
When I press any "input key" on a keyboard for example in desktop I can't select the file by left ...
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Windows 10 Technical Preview - Synaptics Scrolling
OS Details:
Architecture: 64bit
Build: 9841
Synaptics: v15.3.22
Problem:
Both two-finger and one-finger scrolling functionality does not seem to work for me in certain contexts.
While third-party ...
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Disable trackpad when mouse is connected (Dell laptop)
When typing on the keyboard of my Dell laptop, my palm occasionally slips over the trackpad, moving the cursor to another position in the text or putting focus on another window.
I'd like to find a ...
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Windows 8 doesn't detect my MacBook Pro trackpad
I have to plugin an external USB mouse in order to use the cursor.
Specs:
Boot Camp 3.3
systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 8 Pro
OS ...
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Mouse pointer on my MacBook moves by itself
Starting today, my mouse cursor is moving by itself.
I use a MacBook Pro with an external display and a magic mouse. The laptop is closed, and even when bluetooth is deactivated, the cursor moves.
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Disable two-finger swipe on Firefox
When I scroll along the page or some scrollbox with two fingers on MacBook Pro touchpad, and it can be no longer scrolled to the left, Firefox decides I want to go back in history.
What can I do to ...
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