Windows 10: Touchpad Struggles to Click and Drag

Around 2 weeks ago my touchpad started struggling to click and drag words and it takes me multiple attempts to highlight until it works. It seems to only work in 1 specific area and I have to click with 1 finger and then use my other finger to drag instead of being able to do both at the same time. Often times when I try to click and drag it will stop dragging mid-way. Other than that, all other features work normally, except for some issues with clicking but when I tap instead of clicking it works everytime. I really just want to fix the click and drag feature. Here is what I have tried:1. tu

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Touchpad: Tap twice to drag

Here's how it works standardly:

1. Tap twice
2. Hold down on the second tap
3. Move around and you're dragging
4. Release finger to stop dragging

Here's what I like it to do:

1. Tap twice
2. Hold down on the second tap
3. Move around and you're dragging
4. Release finger
5. Reposition finger and continue dragging by flicking the touchpad some more
6. (repeat steps 4 & 5 as many times as desired)
7. Release finger and perform one addditional tap to stop dragging

That's what it used to be like in the Windows 7 era with most touchpads. Some people found it annoying and disabled it, but I welcomed it.

I know dragging continues when your finger reaches the touchpad edges, but that I find greatly irritating because it looses all sense of precision. This mechanism is stupendously irritating when trying to pixel-precise drag a trackbar, or when doing some
painting in photoshop on the go. Or just anything that requires precision.

So I'd like to disable "drag continues at touchpad edge" and enable "require additional tap to stop dragging".

So how can I do that?

If not possible, then please consider this a feature request.

 

Click and Drag using Touchpad Win 10 without separate Left Key

Hi Mike,

Your touchpad should be able to support click and drag, scroll, and other touchpad gestures. If you're unable to that, then verify if you have a precision touchpad. Just go to
Settings > Devices > Mouse & Touchpad. It should say Your PC has a precision touchpad under
Touchpad.

Below are some of the gestures it should support:

• Select an item by tapping on the touchpad.
• Scroll by placing two fingers on the touchpad and slide vertically or horizontally.
• Do a right-click by tapping the touchpad with two fingers.
• Drag an open window by double-tapping and dragging from the title bar.

In case you're still unable to click and drag or do other touchpad gestures, then we suggest that you get in touch with your computer manufacturer so they can further check on the case.

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.

 

Touchpad settings disappeared when I tried to download

Hi Roy,

Thank you for the details and sorry for the delayed response.

I suggest you to set the touchpad sensitivity to Balanced from the settings which might fix the issue. Follow the steps below.

• Press Windows key + X and select Control panel.
• Search "Mouse" from the search bar towards the top right corner.
• The Mouse Properties window will open.
• Click the "Device Settings" or "Touch Pad" tab, depending on your touchpad's manufacturer. If you have a "Device Settings" tab, you will then need to click on your touchpad from the list of devices and click "Settings."
• Click the "Touch Sensitivity" button, or select "Sensitivity" from the list that appears on your screen, depending on your touchpad's manufacturer. Drag the slider in the middle of the window to the left to make your touchpad more sensitive, and drag it
  to the right to make your touchpad less sensitive. The effect will be immediate, so you can drag and release the slider, and then test the touchpad and drag the slider again until you have found a sensitivity setting that works for you.
• Click "OK" at the bottom of the window to close it and save your changes.

Hope this helps.