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    Synaptics Touchpad--Studio XPS 16

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Colbs, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. Colbs

    Colbs Notebook Guru

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    So not a lot of people mention it, but I thought i remember reading that the SXPS 16 has a Synaptics supported touchpad or something in it, meaning you can use some multi-touch gestures like pinch zoom etc. Can anyone clear this up for me? Do you have to do anything to enable the additional gestures? Will i need to download some more drivers or something (i haven't gotten my laptop yet.) What gestures will i be able to do with (or without) the driver (if there is one.)

    Thanks for clearing this up for me guys!
     
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    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    yes you can pinch zoom.

    double click the dell touchpad icon (bottom right). scrolling settings then gestures.
     
    kman01, Jun 10, 2009
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    Yes, you can do all of that (pinch, scroll, circles, etc.) and the options come turned on when you get it. I prefer them all turned off except scroll horizontal/vertical and pinch. Like the above poster said, it's easy to turn on and off, just go into the touchpad properties in the taskbar.

    I believe most newer Dell's have this, my Studio 15 has this touchpad too.
     
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  5. Colbs

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    k thanks guys. good to know i wont have to do anything special to enable the gestures. now i can shove it in my buddy's face that his macbook isnt the only one that can do some of those gestures haha
     
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    I believe the pinch zoom is the only multi touch gesture supported by 1640 though.
     
    krionX, Jun 10, 2009
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    he,
    tell me is your touch pad is scrolling websites inn firefox? It doesn;t work in my computer
     
    Meyko85, Jun 10, 2009
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  8. Gordyboyuk

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    my circular scrolling works on everything , firefox ie , explorer documents anything that the current window is foccused on really

    is ur scrolling working in ie and windows explorer ?
     
    Gordyboyuk, Jun 10, 2009
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  9. Ken112

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    Any way to enable two finger tap?
    On my old laptop I programed the two finger tap as a back button. Used it all the time. I sure miss it...
     
    Ken112, Oct 8, 2009
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  10. Gordyboyuk

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    have u tried the latest dell drivers mate ?
     
    Gordyboyuk, Oct 8, 2009
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    oh and i can pinch and spread fingertips for zoom in and out but thats about all i used it for on another machine i think it was my latitude E6500 that some driver gave me the ability to flick back and forth in just about any app e.g. explorer and IE but i dont think it would work in firefox

    i grew to use the addons for mouse gestures but i would defo prefer what you mention or the good old swipe at the top of the track pad of left and right for back and forward

    im sure someone covered this before but its a slightly so so process that i couldnt get to work so iv stuck with fire gestures for the time being , but if anyone knows easier work around to get all main programs supporting this would be super helpfull
     
    Gordyboyuk, Oct 8, 2009
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  12. Ken112

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    Yes, that was the first thing I did....
     
    Ken112, Oct 8, 2009
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