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    dv7t middle clicking?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by da9, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. da9

    da9 Notebook Guru

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    Every other laptop I've ever used, middle clicking is done by clicking both the left and right buttons on the touchpad... EXCEPT THE DV7! What gives?! How have you guys got around this?
     
    da9, Aug 29, 2008
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    SIMPLE! don't do it! :)
     
    Infamous22, Aug 29, 2008
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    Is it not an option to turn on/off and or adjust in the Synaptics driver software in your system?

    BBGus
     
    BBGus, Aug 29, 2008
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  4. da9

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    There isn't an option in the driver software. A friend of mine bought a dv5t and middle clicking isn't an option on his either.
     
    da9, Aug 30, 2008
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    that's weird... middle clicking works on my dv4t.
     
    kevinf, Aug 31, 2008
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  6. da9

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    anyone else?
     
    da9, Sep 2, 2008
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    doesnt work on my dv9500t
     
    netkiller, Sep 2, 2008
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  8. Vivere

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    middle clicking for me is when i hold the left and then press the right in that order only
     
    Vivere, Sep 2, 2008
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  9. Vivere

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    i also have the trackpad software turned off fyi
     
    Vivere, Sep 2, 2008
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  10. Jelloitsalive12

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    I made it so that if I tap the upper left corner of the track pad it will "middle click"
     
    Jelloitsalive12, Sep 2, 2008
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    It's not a function on the dv7z, either. Though, to be honest, it hasn't been a feature on any laptop I've had.
     
    Euphamism, Sep 3, 2008
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    Hmm, I wish Synaptics would enable that feature for all OEM customers.... they seem to only do it for Dell, mostly. There's simply one registry key that needs to be set to enable it: "HasBothButtonFeature" (yes, 'button' is singular) -- but I'm not sure exactly where it goes.
    Look under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Synaptics\SynTP\Defaults\ -- try creating the key as a DWORD there, and set the value to 1.
     
    DanaGoyette, Sep 3, 2008
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  13. hasham11

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    yea this registry hack works, i tried in my dv5t, works pretty well, thnks
     
    hasham11, Sep 14, 2008
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