an input device commonly found on laptops, used in place of a mouse. Also called a touchpad.
Questions tagged [trackpad]
152 questions
22
votes
7 answers
Will the Logitech T650 rechargable wireless touchpad work with Ubuntu?
I've searched Google, but haven't found any answer to this. I'm thinking about getting the Logitech T650 wireless touchpad as a replacement for my old mouse. (More information: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/touchpad-t650)
The device is…
mystblade9
- 221
17
votes
3 answers
Use laptop trackpad as graphics tablet
I'm interested in using my laptop trackpad as a drawing tablet, i.e. using absolute rather than relative coordinates, similar to Inklet for OSX.
The same question was asked in ubuntuforums.org in May 2010, but the question was never answered. I'm…
Barton Chittenden
- 1,374
16
votes
1 answer
Disable Mouse Movement in Tap Zones on Synaptics Trackpad
I have an HP dv6-3160 with a "soft" trackpad e.g. the buttons are part of it.
Ubuntu 12.10 works well with it apart from when I want to drag+drop. Because the mouse movement area includes the buttons if I'm holding down the left button I can mess…
Dave
- 263
11
votes
3 answers
Three finger drag with trackpad?
OS X has a feature where you can use three fingers to do the equivalent of click-and-drag, sparing you the annoying tap-then-tap-again-and-move-quickly dance normally required.
Is there a way to enable this on Ubuntu for, say, moving tabs around in…
jml
- 1,005
3
votes
2 answers
My trackpad doesn't turn on after I turn it off, before that it works
The trackpad on my ASUS laptop doesn't work after I press off and then on. Before I press off the first time it works well, afterwards it doesn't work even though the light indicator is on. This problem has happened to me since Ubuntu 10.04/Linux…
Louink
- 31
2
votes
1 answer
Is it possible to turn trackpad on/off manually?
I would like to configure my Ubuntu such that I can use command line to say when the trackpad should register mouse moves and clicks and when not. Is that possible to do? And can I do it such that my USB-mouse would work all the time?
I tried to…
junioruser
- 25
- 3
1
vote
0 answers
Cannot turn on trackpad
My laptop (an Aorus x3 plus) has a hardware keyboard combo to turn the trackpad on and off (FN + F10). Since I reinstalled 14.04 this combination does not activate my touchpad, which usefully appears disabled by default in Ubuntu meaning the device…
1
vote
1 answer
Trackpad has stopped working after pressing off key, how to reenable?
Possible Duplicate:
My trackpad doesn't turn on after I turn it off, before that it works
further to this issue:
My trackpad doesn't turn on after I turn it off, before that it works
im also exhibiting the same problem, but there doesnt appear to…
richzilla
- 12,045
0
votes
1 answer
How to enable drag and drop with trackpad in Ubuntu 14.04
About 80% of the time when I try to drag objects or select text by using the left-click button and the trackpad, it doesn't work. Instead what happens is I move the cursor, but nothing happens (objects don't move, text isn't selected, etc.) So…
reubonwry
- 101
- 1
0
votes
1 answer
How to permanently disable my trackpad?
I want to permanently disable my trackpad on my Dell Inspiron running Ubuntu 13.10. I read some threads in this forum and tried to make a BIOS setting change. Nothing worked. Whenever my bluetooth mouse took a nap the trackpad came back on. …
