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    Studio XPS series' touchpad has a hidden secret

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by funky monk, Sep 18, 2009.

  1. funky monk

    funky monk Notebook Deity

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    JUst recently I have found out that the touch pad surface extends further than it should. I have a habit on leaning on my elbow, when I have my laptop on my legs I put my elbow on the palm rests. I found out quickly though that if I lean on it I end up doing a multi touch zoom, to start off with I thought my system was just being rubbish but then I tested it again and it worked fine after I took my elbow off.

    This must mean that the touch surface extends further than the edge of the "touchpad", I just wonder how far it actually goes and whether we could make use of it
     
    funky monk, Sep 18, 2009
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    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    What do you mean ? I couldn't notice it works beyond the touchpad area.
     
    chewyeong90, Sep 18, 2009
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    ctbear01 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Don't know what you mean but the synaptics touchpad can perform multitouch functions like pinch zoom, two finger scroll, three finger launch etc
     
    ctbear01, Sep 18, 2009
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    Idk what's happening but it seems to be sensitive to touch outside the rectangular touch area
     
    funky monk, Sep 18, 2009
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    I doubt that is the case. If it were, why wouldn't they just extend the area? Everyone likes bigger touch pads. There must be something else going on.
    I do hope that Dell moves the keyboard back up to where it was on the M1330/M1530 and includes a larger touch pad for their next models.
     
    peterf, Sep 19, 2009
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