Questions tagged [trackpoint]
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Change Trackpoint cursor speed on ChromeOS
On my Lenovo's Chromebook that has a Trackpoint in addition to a trackpad, on ChromeOS' setting for "Touchpad".
Changing the speed there does change the speed of touchpad, but not the ...
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Can I increase [ELAN] Trackpoint sensitivity [on my Thinkpad], beyond conventional limits?
I am on a Thinkpad T480s running Windows 10 Enterprise version 20H2. The Trackpoint (aka "UltraNav") device (the red nub between the G, H, and B keys) is apparently manufactured by ELAN (...
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External keyboard’s Trackpoint middle button clicks even when scrolling
I am using a Thinkpad and try to get into the habit of using an external keyboard, which also has a Trackpoint.
With the internal keyboard, I can use the middle mouse button to click (e.g. paste, or ...
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How to configure mouse actions on a linux system?
If the question sounded simple, let me specify: I'm using Chrome OS, which is a heavily modified Gentoo distribution, but I have dev mode enabled so i am able to do most things, and in theory ...
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Windows 10 v20H2 Synaptics Touchpad/TrackPoint Click Delay
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad P15 with both a Synaptics Touchpad and a Synaptics TrackPoint, running Windows 10 v20H2. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/ThinkPad-P15-Mobile-...
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Preventing unwanted horizontal scrolling with Synaptics Ultranav driver (Thinkpads and other computer using their trackpoint)
Thinkpads use a combined TouchPad / TrackPoint mouse device (aka Ultranav) with a driver from Synaptics. The TouchPad is a regular laptop touchpad, but the TrackPoint, a stick and 3 buttons, which can ...
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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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Is there some way to change mouse scroll rows quickly from one value to another in Windows?
I have a laptop and there is a pointing stick (TrackPoint). It's convenient to use "mouse scroll rows" for 1 row and for mouse which comes from a dock station - 3 rows.
Is there some way switch it ...
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Can I uninstall touchpad driver permanently?
Can I uninstall the ELAN input device driver permanently?
I tried the Uninstall Device button and put a check on Delete the driver software for this device, but it still reinstalls it after I reboot ...
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My Trackpoint stops working until I turn off and on the computer
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad with a Trackpoint. I find that sometimes the Trackpoint will just stop working. This is fixed by quickly pressing the power button (to put the computer to sleep) and then ...
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Thinkpad trackpoint moves on its own, on Linux
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T550 with a trackpoint mouse in the middle of the keyboard.
It was working great, but then the keyboard became defective so I bought a replacement keyboard (Lenovo did not ...
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Trackpoint speed too high with libinput
archlinux recently switched to libinput as the default input driver. Since then the trackpoint on my Dell Latitude E5470 is barely usable. It is much too fast and detailed pointing isn't possible.
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Touchpad and Trackpoint not working after Windows 10 64 bit January 2017 Update
I have a Thinkpad X120e, and the touchpad and trackpoint are acting strange.
Often after booting Windows, the touchpad and trackpoint will not work. Other times it will, as long as it is not after ...
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How to disable trackpoint without disabling left and right click on a Thinkpad?
I am currently using a Lenovo Thinkpad E560. I want to disable the buggy trackpoint but when I do, the physical left and right click buttons are disabled along with it. The touchpad still allows me ...
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Thinkpad USB keyboard trackpoint to scroll in Visual Studio 2013/2015
How one would configure external thinkpad USB keyboard with trackpoint to scroll in Visual Studio 2013/2015?
Note: just noticed that the scroll works only when the VS window is inactive.
Edit: Using ...
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AutoHotkey scrolling & middle click & mouse acceleration
Problems
Assume a Windows 7 machine, especially a laptop.
No mouse driver allows holding down the right mouse button and moving the mouse to scroll, and yet retain the right mouse button ...
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Trackpoint middle-click and middle-click scrolling in Linux
EDIT: TL;DR version (kinda): On a mouse with three buttons, is it possible to disable the actual middle button while still having middle button emulation in xorg?
Full version:
I bought a Lenovo ...
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How do you disable the Trackpoint Mouse Pointer (nubby button mouse) on a Dell laptop?
I'm really annoyed with my Dell laptop, as when I type the cursor sometimes jumps because the Trackpoint Mouse Pointer on the keyboard (the nubby mouse control between the G, H, and B) apparently can ...
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Why is my ThinkPad T60 trackpoint not recognized as a device?
On my ThinkPad T60, the touchpad works fine but the trackpoint does not work at all. Why that?
Details and Diagnostics:
The trackpoint is enabled in BIOS.
The UltraNav tab of the Windows 7 mouse ...
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Thinkpad Synaptics Trackpoint: Scrolling suddenly freezes with difficulty to resume
From time to time vertical scrolling with the Trackpoint stops working. This doesn't cause any error and this is not permanent.
Current bypass possibilities:
Increase pressure on the stick until it ...
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How can I invert the scrolling direction for the lenovo thinkpad trackpoint?
In Windows 8.1 I invert the scrolling direction of the touchpad and external mouse by using the following AutoHotkey script. However, the trackpoint scrolling is still not affected by this.
How can I ...
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Using trackpoint for horizontal scrolling under OS X
I have a Tex Yoda with a trackpoint.
How can I do horizontal scrolling with it under Mac OS X? It works with mouse and trackpad but with the trackpoint, only Y axis scrolling works.
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Editing new Lenovo touchpad zones in Linux
Just got a Lenovo T440p - love the laptop, hardware's great - and I was all excited to put Mint Linux on it. Install worked fine, zero show-stopper issues, but there's one persistent annoyance with it ...
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How do I fix my Lenovo UltraNav setup?
I have a Lenovo X230 tablet and as of this morning it is exhibiting a very odd problem with the UltraNav system (both touchpad and trackpoint). Upon starting up the machine, they both work normally, ...
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Smallest mouse controller
I am a simple programer, exploring out from my usual space for the sake of curiosity and development so please bear with me. First if I am in the wrong exchange then please guide me in the right ...
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How to make permanant changes to /sys/devices/platform/?
I'm configuring my thinkpad's trckpoint using the following command:
sudo echo -n 120 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/speed
sudo echo -n 255 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/...
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How can one disable a Thinkpad's center mouse button only?
After an accidental submersion in some water, my Thinkpad X201 is still functioning just fine, except that the center (blue) trackpoint button appears to 'click' roughly once a second. This is ...
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How to make Ultranav Trackpoint always scroll?
I want to configure the trackpoint on my ThinkPad T510 to ALWAYS scroll. I know I can do this by holding the middle button but I don't want to do that. I want it to never be used as a pointing device, ...
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Scrolling with laptop pointing stick doesn't work in NetBeans
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X201s laptop. I'm using the laptop's TrackPoint (the red pointing stick which functions as a mouse) in order to scroll. Scrolling using the TrackPoint usually works for me, ...
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How to get used of trackpoint on a thinkpad?
Recently my shoulder hurts due to frequently arm movement switching between keyboard and mouse. Then I start using trackpoint.
The problem is, while everyone saying the trackpoint is more accurate ...
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Middle click using IBM/Lenovo keyboard with TrackPoint to scroll on Mac OS X
I have an IBM ThinkPad style USB keyboard with TrackPoint (similar to the ones Lenovo currently sells). I love this keyboard and would like to use it with a Mac OS X machine I have. Everything seems ...
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How to configure Synaptics TrackPoint/UltraNav for specific applications?
I have a ThinkPad X61, and I'd like to configure sensitivity of the Synaptics pointing stick scrolling feature on a per-application basis. I did this about 4 years ago on my ThinkPad T41, using a ...
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How do I enable a stick pointing device in Ubuntu?
How do I enable/disable a stick pointing device in Ubuntu (9.10)? How can I configure clicking and scrolling with the stick pointer? (I can't click with the stick and scroll the page.)
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How to get rid of ThinkPad "TrackPoint Scrolling Tips" dialog
UPDATE 2: NOT SOLVED AFTER ALL
Unfortunately this setting gets reset after EVERY SINGLE REBOOT.
Question:
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad (T400) that has been configured to use the middle button above ...
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Thinkpad trackpoint: scrolling and middle click possible?
I'm using an X61s laptop (under Windows) that only has a trackpoint, not a touchpad.
The trackpoint has a scroll function that is activated by holding the middle button and then using the trackpoint ...
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Thinkpad trackpoint scrolling with VMWare
ThinkPads have a middle mouse button for scrolling, sort of like a mousewheel.
The trouble is, when I'm using VMWare, the scroll messages don't seem to get through to the guest operating system and ...