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    No 'Dell Touchpad' option in mouse settings (XPS 15 L502x)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by GenericID, Feb 11, 2012.

  1. GenericID

    GenericID Newbie

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    Hi

    So i wanted to change my mouse settings and noticed there was no dell touchpad option under mouse settings. Can anyone help me out please?

    Thanks.
     
    GenericID, Feb 11, 2012
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  2. zjacobss

    zjacobss Notebook Consultant

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    it should be under 'device settings' with the red logo of synaptics, if not download the drivers.

    Drivers | Synaptics
     
    zjacobss, Feb 11, 2012
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  3. GenericID

    GenericID Newbie

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    No, thats not it. What i am looking for is this. Its supposed to be part of quickset.

    [​IMG]
     
    GenericID, Feb 11, 2012
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  4. DakkonA

    DakkonA Notebook Evangelist

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    It's not clear what you are asking for then. The touchpad settings are under the "Device Settings" tab in Mouse properties. The only other thing you might need to control, that I can think of, is the touchpad enable/disable control which is provided by QuickSet.
     
    DakkonA, Feb 12, 2012
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  5. GenericID

    GenericID Newbie

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    Sorry, i didn't realise the picture didn't show properly

    [​IMG]

    These are the setting i am after, i had them before but they are now unavailable.
     
    GenericID, Feb 14, 2012
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    MHB_gt Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've never seen that in my life, are you sure? The ony available settings are the synaptics device settings.
     
    MHB_gt, Feb 14, 2012
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    rabbitz Notebook Consultant

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    Do you see where it says "hardware"? Click on that, then select the touchpad and click <Properties>. Post a screenshot of that.

    I have seen that tab and that graphic somehwere before but I don't recall where....

    edit: Have you tried clicking on the picture?
     
    rabbitz, Feb 14, 2012
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  8. GenericID

    GenericID Newbie

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    I'm sure.

    You are supposed to click on the picture and it opens another window which has the settings, this screenshot isn't mine, i picked it up from another site. This setting been on all my previous Dell laptops and all other Dell laptops i have used thus far.
     
    GenericID, Feb 15, 2012
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  9. DakkonA

    DakkonA Notebook Evangelist

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    That was in some Dell laptops, yes. But these laptops use a different driver. The options to control the touchpad are found as described by us above.
     
    DakkonA, Feb 16, 2012
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