This concerns the ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad on a new Lafite.
It is being used with Linux Mint, but this is being posted generally as it would be interesting to see if anyone using Windows has similar issues. It's not exactly a PCSpecialist problem, as just about all laptops now use "clickpads".
Anyone else having an issue with an ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad? It's my first experience with a clickpad and I really don't like it, much preferring separate left and right click buttons. Another triumph of design over function! From what I've read, Apple introduced these years ago, and have got the implementation right.
There are two problems. The first is the tendency of fast, repeated left-clicks to cause the cursor to move a fraction as the "button" is pressed. Eventually the cursor moves away from the icon the left-click is supposed to be acting on, and either left-click does nothing, or worse the cursor has moved to another function and something unexpected happens. I've more-or-less solved this with a physical kludge - sticking a piece of masking tape full-width along the bottom 15mm or so of the touchpad. That area of the touchpad responds identically to clicks, but the cursor no longer moves.
The second problem is very strange. Apart from the extreme bottom right-hand corner of the touchpad, which when pressed responds with a right-click, all the rest of the touchpad responds with a left-click when pressed (if the press actually operates on the "button". The top quarter of the touchpad doesn't respond to a press). In other words, where a right-click might be expected, a left-click results.
I have tried working my way through all the touchpad settings in "Mouse and Touchpad", but have found nothing to alleviate this annoying behaviour. By the way, I don't use "touch to click" as I find it too sensitive.
Jeff
It is being used with Linux Mint, but this is being posted generally as it would be interesting to see if anyone using Windows has similar issues. It's not exactly a PCSpecialist problem, as just about all laptops now use "clickpads".
Anyone else having an issue with an ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad? It's my first experience with a clickpad and I really don't like it, much preferring separate left and right click buttons. Another triumph of design over function! From what I've read, Apple introduced these years ago, and have got the implementation right.
There are two problems. The first is the tendency of fast, repeated left-clicks to cause the cursor to move a fraction as the "button" is pressed. Eventually the cursor moves away from the icon the left-click is supposed to be acting on, and either left-click does nothing, or worse the cursor has moved to another function and something unexpected happens. I've more-or-less solved this with a physical kludge - sticking a piece of masking tape full-width along the bottom 15mm or so of the touchpad. That area of the touchpad responds identically to clicks, but the cursor no longer moves.
The second problem is very strange. Apart from the extreme bottom right-hand corner of the touchpad, which when pressed responds with a right-click, all the rest of the touchpad responds with a left-click when pressed (if the press actually operates on the "button". The top quarter of the touchpad doesn't respond to a press). In other words, where a right-click might be expected, a left-click results.
I have tried working my way through all the touchpad settings in "Mouse and Touchpad", but have found nothing to alleviate this annoying behaviour. By the way, I don't use "touch to click" as I find it too sensitive.
Jeff