Windows 10: left click doesnt hold and releases after the first click.

I cant drag any tabs or windowsI cant highlight textI cant use the blue rectangle select toolI cant play games that depend on me holding the left click buttonthis is really Frustrating can anyone help me?

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How do I simulate press and holding a left mouse click with the Surface pro touch feature?

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you’re trying to simulate a left-click-and-hold action using the touch or stylus with your Surface Pro 8. I am here to help and let's work on this together.

To simulate a left-click-and-hold action using the touch or stylus with the Surface Pro, you can try the following steps:

1. Press and hold the item you want to move with your finger or stylus.
   
2. While still holding the item, use another finger or stylus to tap on the screen with a different finger or stylus.
   
3. Drag the item to the desired location.
   
4. Release both fingers or styluses to complete the action.
   

Alternatively, you can try using the Pen and Touch settings in the Control Panel to adjust the touch-and-hold behavior. Here’s how:

1. Open the Control Panel.
   
2. Click on Hardware and Sound.
   
3. Click on Pen and Touch.
   
4. Click on the Touch tab.
   
5. Click on Press and Hold.
   
6. Click on Settings.
   
7. Uncheck the box for Enable press and hold for right-clicking.
   
8. Click on OK to save the changes.
   

This should allow you to use a touch-and-hold as if it were a left-click-and-hold.

I hope this helps!

Kind regards,

Lavenia

 

Simulation of left-click press and holding on windows touchscreens

Greetings,

Our developers noticed an issue when importing an older functionality to Windows 7/8.1/10. This seems to have been present in Windows for a long time now. Our application requires the user to press and hold buttons, without moving cursor, on the touchscreen.
However, we noticed that the press and hold cannot be performed, as the left-click is only detected when the user releases the touchscreen and the holding action is only detected on cursor movement.

It appears the windows touch driver cannot enable a click-on-press, which we need, and only handles click-on-release or click-and-move.

We have already disabled press and hold right-clicking and this did not solve the issue.

This is the same issue reported multiple times in the past, on multiple versions of windows, without resolution.

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My question is: have any Microsoft users, developers or device driver developers been able to circumvent this?

Thanks in advance.

 

Stuck at OneDrive screen during Surface Pro 6 initial setup

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Try the below suggested steps.

Method 1

1. Unplug all the external devices except Mouse and Keyboard.
   
2. Try to reboot the device and check the status of the issue.
   

Method 2

I would suggest you to perform Power drain by following the suggested steps.

1. Press and hold the Power Button down for 30-40 seconds.
   
2. Hold the Volume Rocker up and Power ON for almost 20 second.
   
3. Release the power button and wait for next 10-15 seconds.
   
4. Press the power button to turn on your Surface and check the status of the issue.
   

Hope it helps.

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator