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    Studio XPS 1340 supports circular scrolling?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by velvetkevorkian, Aug 8, 2009.

  1. velvetkevorkian

    velvetkevorkian Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,
    First post on these forums, although I've been doing a lot of lurking recently. Please be gentle :)
    I've just bought a refurbished SXPS 1340 from a 3rd party retailer ( www.ndc.co.uk). So far I'm very happy with it- yeah, it gets a little hot, but that just means my thighs are kept warm. My question is to do with the touchpad- I've just downloaded the Synaptics drivers from the Dell support website, and have got the whole "pinch zoom" "look at me, I'm an iPhone" ;) thing going on; however, I'm getting nothing from circular scrolling. I can't find any reference in the stuff I got with it to say whether the 1340 actually supports this feature, or if I'm just making a mess of it.

    Can anyone confirm/deny whether the Studio XPS 1340 supports circular scrolling?

    Cheers
    Kyle
     
    velvetkevorkian, Aug 8, 2009
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    ljnram82606 Notebook Evangelist

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    you need to buy a macbook pro to get multi touch. dont know why you bought a dell when macs only do that.
     
    ljnram82606, Aug 8, 2009
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  3. velvetkevorkian

    velvetkevorkian Notebook Enthusiast

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    a) The two-fingered zoom works fine- is that not multi touch?
    b) Touchpad capability had nothing to do with my buying decision. I'm (so far) very happy with the Dell, just curious as I can get one feature to work but not the other.
     
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  4. DemonicHawk

    DemonicHawk Notebook Consultant

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    Yes it supports it, and the 1340 DOES support multitouch, you just need a driver that will enable it: http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/15103-synaptics-driverver-v13-0-4-0/

    I'm currently using that driver right now and from what I've seen, it gives you all of the features of the dell driver and a lot more.

    If you're into two finger scrolling, I don't believe I've found a driver that has that built in yet, but there's a small app you can download to enable that here:
    http://code.google.com/p/two-finger-scroll/downloads/list

    Edit: I could have sworn the Dell driver gives you circular scrolling, but I could be wrong, I haven't used the Dell drivers in a long time. Anyhow, forgot to mention this: Good laptop choice :)
     
    DemonicHawk, Aug 8, 2009
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    mr_bots Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a 1340 and can confirm that there's an option to enable circular scrolling in the touchpad settings with the stock Dell drivers.
     
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    I have an SXPS 16 and circular and pinch works.
     
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  7. velvetkevorkian

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    Thanks folks. I think it was me rather than the machine- I just managed to get a little scroll going on there.

    edit- yep, just going to take some practice. Cheers :)
     
    velvetkevorkian, Aug 9, 2009
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