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    Which USB wireless touchpad can be customized?

    Discussion in 'Desktop Hardware' started by Mr.Koala, Sep 1, 2015.

  1. Mr.Koala

    Mr.Koala Notebook Virtuoso

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    Recently got Lenovo external touchpad. The hardware works just fine. Unfortunately it's only exposed to the operation system as a standard HID device and there's no configuration whatsoever. Just out of curiosity I checked manuals for similar products sold by Logitech and Dell. It's the same story with those.

    Is there any external touchpad that can be customized like laptop ones?


    My annoyances with this Lenovo are:
    No 3 finger tap for middle click.
    Bottom right corner is secondary click, but there's no tactile feedback and it's easy to make a mistake.
    Scroll/zoom initialization thresholds are a bit too high.

    Judging by the manuals the Logi/Dell touchpads won't be much better.
     
    Mr.Koala, Sep 1, 2015
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Umgh an external touchpad? There are such things? Do you have a link to one?
     
    TomJGX, Sep 2, 2015
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