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    5670 touchpad

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Teh Don, Jun 28, 2006.

  1. Teh Don

    Teh Don Newbie

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    Got a 5672 the other day. I'm wondering about the silver directional touchpad in between the right and left click buttons. Wehn I click up/down I get a little box with 2 arrows at the top and bottom but I can't figure out how it works. When I click left or right I only get a Windows error sound. I want to be able to scroll up/down and navigate forward/back on the internet with this thing, is this possible?
     
  2. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Lol. Yeah, I was wondering how the "D-Pad" works. There are times when it did work, but I think it was totally random. You're hearing the windows error because (I think) something's wrong with the app/program that controls it. I used to hear it too, but not anymore.
     
  3. Teh Don

    Teh Don Newbie

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    I figured it out a little. It makes the error noise when the page is not able to scroll up/down or left/right. I still don't know how to scroll up/down with it because I only get the little box with arrows... this is annoying.
     
  4. k3l0

    k3l0 Notebook Consultant

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    you can adjust the options via the synapics touchpad control panel under the mouse control panel
     
  5. Teh Don

    Teh Don Newbie

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    I just checked it out but it had nothing about the D-pad, anyone else see something about it?
     
  6. Intensecure

    Intensecure Notebook Consultant

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    Control Panel>Mouse>Device Settings (last tab)>Click "settings" button>3rd item down is "buttons", expand that category and you will see that in addition to the left and right buttons configuration, you can also configure left scroll button, right scroll button etc. That's the D-pad buttons! Configure away :)
     
  7. BlackLantern

    BlackLantern Notebook Enthusiast

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    To scroll up/down, hold the button and move the mouse in that direction a little.
     
  8. Teh Don

    Teh Don Newbie

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    Wehn I hold down the scroll up/dwon button and move my finger on the touch pad it doesnt move, but when I use a mouse to move up/down it scrolls. Why does it only work with a mouse?

    Good news is I got left and right to go back and forward on the net, thanks.
     
  9. BlackLantern

    BlackLantern Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah I just noticed that a little earlier... don't blame me, I've only had it for a day :p

    I'll post if I find any fix.
     
  10. BlackLantern

    BlackLantern Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, this is somewhat a fix. Not perfect, but it works...

    Go into the button settings and select the up button. Then in the actions list, scroll to the bottom and select the second one from the bottom (something like "Record a sequence of keystrokes"). Then click the configure button, click the start button, hit the up arrow on your keyboard 20 times or so, then click stop, ok, apply. Do the same for the down button (I think I did about 12 "downs"). The actual amount of scrolling it does seems to vary, but oh well, it still works XD
     
  11. k3l0

    k3l0 Notebook Consultant

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    funny, I got the arrow working fine without any keystroke recording, using the latest drivers from the Synaptics website
     
  12. risslerp

    risslerp Notebook Consultant

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    Nice find, the Synaptics driver is way cool.
     
  13. risslerp

    risslerp Notebook Consultant

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    and the utilities are kinda fun. Gives a whole new meaning to tapping your fingers.
     
  14. BlackLantern

    BlackLantern Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yay, thanks k3l0. Works like a charm now.