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April 27th, 2022 12:00
Touchpad scrolling
I have a Dell Latitude 5300, but I think this is a generic Dell touchpad question. If I'm using the touchpad to scroll through a document using a scrollbar, something (probably a driver) decides that I want different behavior in the middle of the touchpad than at the edges. So, if I'm scrolling up and down, I grab the thumb/elevator by double-tap and hold, then move the elevator by moving my finger across the touchpad. I get smooth, expected motion as I drag my finger across the touchpad. So far so good - this is just like using a mouse to do the same thing.
However, when I get my finger close to the top or bottom of the touchpad, I get completely different behavior. Now, suddenly the elevator is moving up or down on its own, without me moving my finger at all. If I'm scrolling up, I'm suddenly flying up the page without much control. If I'm scrolling down, ditto but going down.
Is there some way to shut that behavior off? I would rather have to pick up my finger and reattach to the elevator, than have it suddenly decide on its own that I'm near the top/bottom and radically change behavior. But I can't find any way to shut that off. It doesn't show up in the windows touchpad settings, and I can't find any Dell settings app to use to shut it off. It doesn't seem to show up on mouse settings either.
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Ronaldd12
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April 27th, 2022 21:00
Switch to the Touchpad tab (or Device settings if the tab is absent) and click on the Settings button. This will open the Properties window. Expand the MultiFinger Gestures section, then make sure the box next to Two-Finger Scrolling is checked. If the box is empty, simply click on it to enable it.
kjmc2
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April 28th, 2022 05:00
Thanks for replying. But I'm not sure we're on the same OS. I can't find anything that has a set of settings like you're describing. I'm on Windows 10, and when I go to settings for the touchpad, I don't get the options you're describing. I get "Touchpad" "Your PC has a precision touchpad." "Touchpad" slider is set to on. All settings, for two, three, and four fingered gestures are enabled, but none of those cover what I'm talking about. It's a single finger gesture in scroll bars. I do see that there's a two-fingered scroll gesture that is similar to what you'd do with the scrollbar, but it's the single-finger scrollbar gesture that I want to correct.
I have to double and triple remote into systems all the time. They completely ignore the multi-finger gestures, but have scrollbars, that work fine, except that the local touchpad wants to do odd behavior at the top and bottom of the touchpad.