YT2095 Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 (edited) does anyone know How or what s/ware I may need to switch off the Double click "feature" on a laptop mouse pad? I`m happy using the buttons to do this as you would on a regular mouse, and find that the accidental touching of the pad twice making it click on things you don`t want it to Very Annoying! oh yeah, it`s a Dell Latitude c400 if that helps. Edited March 12, 2009 by YT2095
Mr Skeptic Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Someone must be very jittery. I've never heard of someone accidentally double clicking on the pad, though there is frequent accidental single clicking. I tried to disable that on my grandma's laptop, but didn't find a way.
Royston Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Have you had a look for driver updates for your touchpad, I know newer models (Dell laptops) have a GUI (available with the driver) where you could probably turn the double click off.
iNow Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Can't you go to Control Panel --> Mouse --> and adjust sensitivity settings from there?
YT2095 Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 in the Control panel, it says it`s a PS2 mouse (the desktop sort) and there`s no driver for this touchpad thing anywhere??? maybe I can find out what it is with DXDIAG and try get a driver somewhere?
ydoaPs Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 It might be funny to see you use my multitouch trackpad. As for your question, I have no clue.
Mr Skeptic Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 My grandma's laptop has an icon on the bottom right for the touchpad. If you hit the little arrow there, it might show it if it was hidden. Unfortunately, that one has few options, one of which is to disable the buttons, leaving the only way to click as the pad Maybe yours will have the option you want, if you have one.
Royston Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 in the Control panel, it says it`s a PS2 mouse (the desktop sort) and there`s no driver for this touchpad thing anywhere I think this is the latest...but no mention of a GUI, look under fixes and enhancements...'enhanced features', well thanks for that, very helpful. Another option is joining the Dell forums and asking (you might be able to get away with a driver for a different model...though I'm guessing that's unlikely), or switching it off through the BIOS, and using a mouse instead. I'm not a fan of touchpads, so I'd accidentally drop a brick on it. 1
YT2095 Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 Bingo, Thanks Snail I just installed that driver you suggested and after a reset a little icon appeared and in there was a "tap to click" thingy that I switched off. Cheerz!
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