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    m11x R3 Trackpad

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Goombaypunch, May 10, 2011.

  1. Goombaypunch

    Goombaypunch Notebook Consultant

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    any one have any idea how to enable multi touch scrolling like 2 finger scrolling that my xps 15 has?
     
    Goombaypunch, May 10, 2011
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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    Im not infront of my machine at the minute but the settings for this can be found in the alien command centre.
     
    yelohotshot, May 10, 2011
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    Bman2309 Notebook Geek

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    I used this on my m11x r2 and it worked perfectly. I'm assuming that the touchpad is the same if not identical between the models.

    This comes from a m11x r1 thread
     
    Bman2309, May 11, 2011
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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    I mean the trackpad has the ability to vertically and horizontally scroll, you can adjust the area of active scrolling through command centre, so no need to install 2 finger scrolling...
     
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    Bman2309 Notebook Geek

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    I know thats what you mean, but the original question was for 2 finger scrolling, which in my opinion is way better than the command center options.
     
    Bman2309, May 11, 2011
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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    you are absolutely right, i did check out your link and might just install 2 finger scrolling on my machine, i'm not infront of my machine atm so i'll try it later tonight.

    can the 2 finger scrolling work horizontally aswell?
     
    yelohotshot, May 11, 2011
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    pretty sure it doesn't, however it does allow tapping as well e.g. a three finger tab can be programmed as mouse scroll wheel click. I use this all the time :)
     
    Bman2309, May 11, 2011
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    you can just uninstall the synaptics driver and download the latest scrybe from the synaptics website. after that, just enable it from the mouse menu. worked for me. and yes, two finger scroll works horizontally as well :p
     
    akusokuzan, May 11, 2011
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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    i will give this a try tonight, how does this affect the option menu in command center? it's not linked to the mouse options in control panel isit?
     
    yelohotshot, May 11, 2011
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  10. DjKahn

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    I did this last week to my R3, works fine. zoom in and out works as well
     
    DjKahn, May 11, 2011
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    i havent had any problems with anything in the command center. AFAIK, command center is just a skinned version of the windows controls. the deeper options like multitouch are in the control panel for synaptics itself. thats what it seems like to me at least.
     
    akusokuzan, May 11, 2011
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    trying the synaptics driver now.....
     
    Goombaypunch, May 11, 2011
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    works great! thanks for the help
     
    Goombaypunch, May 11, 2011
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