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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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Windows 10: Enable system-wide smooth scrolling

This question is a bit different from others that I have found, because the solutions to them have always been "change the scroll setting to 1 line at a time". I won't be satisfied by that. I don't ...
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How to quickly & easily toggle touchpad on and off on a windows 10 laptop?

I am wondering if there's a way to easily toggle the touch-pad on and off on a windows 10 computer that doesn't have a location on that can be tapped to do that action (upper left corner of the touch ...
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Is it possible to disable Precision Touchpad's scrolling inertia?

I have a ASUS ROG Strix GL702ZC laptop that comes with Windows 10 and a Precision Touchpad. While using the touchpad I find that the two-finger smoothing is very smooth, but it comes with inertia ...
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Way too fast scrolling in Emacs on Win10

My question is almost the same as this one: Way too fast scrolling in Emacs on OSX I am using Emacs 26.1 on a Windows 10 machine. The scrolling speed when using the trackpad is much higher than when ...
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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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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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Using outlook.office.com OVERRIDES Windows 10 setting disabling Touchpad (!!!)

This is bizarre. When I use e-mail at office.outlook.com with the current and recent versions of Firefox the Touchpad gets intermittently ENABLED, completely destroying my productivity. Things happen ...
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Alternative to Autohotkey to Middle click and drag on a trackpad with Windows 10?

I have a typical 2017 Ultrabook, the Yoga 910. It has a trackpad with no separate buttons; bottom left portion of the trackpad is left click, bottom right is right click. There is no region of the ...
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How to enable three finger swipe in linux (Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) 64-bit)?

I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) 64-bit on my system. how to enable three finger swipe here, how can i set an event in three finget swipe ? e.g if i want to switch workspace in 3 finger swipe,...
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Three-finger swipe browser back

Windows 10 broke my three-finger swipe to browser back. Now, it is the same action as the one-finger swipe-from-left-edge to switch programs provided in Windows 8/8.1. Is there any way to get it ...
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How can I use a laptop pointing stick for scrolling up/down?

My laptop has a touchpad but it's not multi-touch so I cannot use it to scroll up/down with two finger gestures. I was wondering if I could use the "pointing stick" in the keyboard to do the scrolling ...
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Disable a section of the mousepad?

I purchased a hp envy 4 ultrabook. Its great but I'm infuriated at the touchpad. The click buttons and the touch pad are combined together but the click button area is touch sensitive. I usually rest ...
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Windows touchpad-like smooth mouse scrolling

Is there a way to enable "real" smooth scrolling system-wide in Windows (11)? I just got Logitech MX Master 3s with a free rotating scroll wheel, but so far smooth scrolling only works in ...
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How do I enable small movements of the trackpad in Windows?

When I move the mouse with the trackpad and I want to select text or click a small button, I move the mouse in the general vicinity but slow down and stop then try to move it more precise. However, ...
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Map Two Finger Tap Middle Click touchpad Windows 10 Dell XPS 9360

Using two finger tap for right click seems superfluous on a windows built machine, as I already have a right click button on the track pad. I am certain it is possible to use two finger tap for the ...
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Touchpad Smooth Scrolling Obliterated In Windows 10 Creators Update

I love the Creators Update to an extent-- it has a good amount of features that are applicable for me on my Surface Pro 4. However, trackpad scrolling has just been completely obliterated. It's really ...
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Windows 8.1 disabling touchpad with USB mouse but does not persist

To disable my touchpad on my Lenovo Z500 when using a mouse (which is most of the time for me) I do the following: Control Panel > Mouse > ELAN And tick: 'Disable when external USB pointing device ...
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Adjust Direction Sensitivity of Two-Finger Motions on OS X Mavericks Trackpad

I use two-finger swipes to both scroll up/down and go forward/back in history when using Google Chrome on OS X Mavericks. I find that frequently, when I try to scroll up/down, it actually gets ...
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Dell Latitude E6510 touchpad has stopped working

My fiancee got a Dell Latitude E6510 and all of a sudden the touchpad stopped working. I tried a lot of things, but the touchpad just won't work. I tried updating the drivers, downloading and ...
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Changing scroll direction issues word 13

I am using Microsoft Word '13 on a laptop (meaning a trackpad), and I do work wherein I need to scroll up and down frequently. When I do this and I change direction (switch from scrolling up to down, ...
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Replacing Dell touchpad drivers with Synaptic ones

I was temporarily using a budget Acer laptop for a while since my preferred Dell laptop had some h/w issues. Now that I got it back working I realized the touchpad driver on the cheap Acer was ...
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Permanently disable power management for trackpad (using Powershell or WMIC)

I kept having a problem with my Dell XPS 15 going into a sleep state (disabling the display) when my computer was left unattended for more than 10 minutes. When the system resumed, the touchpad would ...
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Synaptics Trackpad Hysteresis/Backlash/Noise Rejection

I am using a Lenovo ThinkPad T480 with a Synaptics trackpad, running Windows 10. The issue that I am facing is with a feature that appears to come with the Synaptics drivers (since it goes away when I ...
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How to use Thinkpad trackpoint to vertical scroll on a MacBook?

I just bought a Thinkpad tablet 2 bluetooth keyboard to use with a MacBook. The thing I found difficult was that I'm not able to scroll like trackpad anymore. I have to click the scroll bar on the ...
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Disable Touchpad on Laptop on Lenovo laptop

I am trying to disable the Touchpad as I use an external mouse, but I am having no luck. Here is what I have tried: Start > Settings > Device > Touchpad There is no option to disable when ...
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Windows 10: How to Bind 4-Finger Left/Right Swipe Gesture to Keyboard Shortcut

I'm a Windows 10 user that makes frequent use of the Remote Desktop function for work, and would like to know if there is a way to map the touchpad's 4-finger swipe gestures to a keyboard shortcut. I ...
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Dell Latitude touchpad not working

The Situation: About two hours ago, I spilled water on the touchpad of my Dell Latitude. Usually, when this happens, I dry it with a towel and it starts working again. However, this time, it seems to ...
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How to Remap Three Finger Swipe to Browser Back on Windows 10?

I have a Lenovo Y50-70 laptop with Windows 10 on it. The problem is that I am not able to configure my Elantech touchpad to have the following gestures: Three Finger Swipe Left -> Browser Back Three ...
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Disable right click zone for touchpad

Does anybody know if there is a way to disable the right click zone of a touchpad in windows 10? I think it's pretty annoying and not very accurate. I prefer the behavior of a mac touchpad, which ...
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Lenovo laptop keyboard not working

I would ask you for help. I have laptop Lenovo E560 with Windows 10 1803. Suddenly keyboard and touchpad has stopped working. USB keyboard and mouse works properly. In device manager I saw exclamation ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.01 Mouse stays clicked

I have a problem that I have troubles finding any support to in previous questions. I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.01 LTS on a Dell Laptop with touchscreen. Usually everything works fine. Sometimes it happens (...
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Windows 10: Force-Disable Palm Rejection

I recently purchased an Asus VivoBook S14 which uses their own AsusPTP precision touchpad driver. I've reinstalled the driver countless times, tweaked the touchpad sensitivity, and disabled every ...
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How can I use touchpad gestures in administrator mode?

I have a Surface Book 2 running Windows 10 April 2018 update (1803). I have set up three finger swipes left/right as Navigation Back/Forward. This works fine in apps like VS Code when I am running as ...
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No Touchpad Settings - Windows 10

Please take a look at this article from PCWorld, and view the screenshots, Windows 10 provides so many customization for the Touchpad, but on my laptop I don't have those options, here's a screenshot ...
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Windows 10: vertical scroll lines configuration per mouse

In "Mouse Properties -> Wheel -> Vertical scrolling" is it possible to configure number of lines that one mouse scroll will scroll, but this is global option. I would like to have following config: ...
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Is it possible to have static touchpad scrolling speed?

I'm using an Elan touchpad. However, when I scroll fast with my fingers, the scrolling accelerates as well. Scrolling the same distance slowly, will only scroll a bit. I wish that the scrolling ...
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My TrackPad is moving randomly

I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13 Inch, end of 2013), and the trackpad is not working, basically, the mouse is moving randomly for no reason, I restarted my mac, the mouse worked for about 3 minutes, ...
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How do I disable (or replace the effect of) "overscrolling" in Windows 10?

I'm an OSX user and don't like that the scrolling feature moves the entire window on Windows 10. This creates a jarring effect on the entire screen, when I'm dealing with only a particular document. ...
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Trackpad not fully functioning after resume from sleep (Windows 7)

I am running Windows 7 x64 on a 2012 MacBook Pro via Boot Camp. Often, when Windows resumes from sleep, the trackpad does not function fully. Move and single click work, but two-finger click and two-...
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Linux/KDE - How to stop trackpad cursor jumping when scrolling with one finger and clickin with thumb

I like to scroll with my index finger and click with my thumb in the lower half of the trackpad (rather than tapping, I like to actually click). Quite often when I do this, the cursor will jump to ...
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How can I switch between workspaces with 3 fingers touchpad in Ubuntu 14.04?

I am looking for a way to change between work spaces with my touch pad, I have found other questions like this, and I have tried this solution, but EasyStroke and Touchegg do not work. I have an ASUS ...
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Fedora 22 - touchpad detected but not working

I am using fedora 22 (gnome) on a Dell Vostro 3558 - the touchpad is not working and I cannot figure out why. It seems to be detected: $ xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [...
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Win7 x64 Taskbar: Add Icon for Specific Tab in Mouse Properties?

The touchpad on my laptop is OK when I need it, but I like to turn it off when I'm using the mouse. To do this, I go into Control Panel > Mouse > UltraNav tab > uncheck Enable TouchPad. I'd prefer to ...
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After installing Windows 10, I want to disable the Synaptics pointing device

After installing Windows 10, I want to disable the Synaptics pointing device when I have a mouse plugged into a USB port. I checked the box for this disable feature, but when I log back on I must ...
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Why does clicking my mouse select mutliple lines of text?

I am experiencing a weird issue on my dell laptop. When I click a webpage is will automatically select a few lines of text after my cursor. This happens whether I am using the buttons below the ...
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Control touch pad on a Chromebook

I'm finding the touchpad on the my new Chromebook to be less than stellar, and was excited to read about a way to tweak its settings with tpcontrol, hoping I could get it to work more like I would ...
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Custom action on gestures in Asus zenbook

I have recently bought asus ux303ln and I would like to overwrite some touchpad gestures. Only way to boot up gestures is Asus Smart Gesture and there is no option to perform custom action (like key ...
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How to move cursor while clicking the touchpad?

I recently installed Ubuntu 14.10 and I really dislike the touchpad behavior. For example when I try to move a file I'm used to do it by clicking on the file with one finger and moving it with ...
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Left-Mouse Button Not Working

For whatever reason my left-mouse button had stopped working. It's not stuck down as I can hear it clicking and my right button works, touchpad words ( this is a laptop ). What are some things I can ...
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ASUS VivoBook S200E Windows 8.1 Touchpad Precision Settings missing

I am having problem with Touchpad Precision settings on my ASUS VivoBook S200E, which is running Windows 8.1. I have successfully installed update KB2975719 which should bring the Touchpad Precision ...
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