Touchpad For Desktop Pc

Also called a glide pad, glide point, pressure-sensitive tablet, or trackpad, a touchpad is an inputdevice on laptops and some keyboards. It allows the user to move a cursor with their finger. It can be used in place of an external mouse.

A touchpad is operated by using your finger and dragging it across the flat surface of the touchpad. As you move your finger on the surface, the mouse cursor moves in that same direction. Like most computer mice, the touchpad also has two buttons below the touch surface that allows you to left-click or right-click.

I have a brand new Lenovo LAPTOP-A11TUN29 with Windows 10 Pro. I was searching for information on reversing the direction of the touchpad scrolling. I came across information on a thread here about updating drivers. After doing so and restarting my computer, the touchpad stopped working completely.

Note

Not all laptop touchpads have visible buttons as shown in the picture. However, the entire touchpad or the bottom section of the touchpad acts as a button when pressing down on the touchpad. Also, tapping the touchpad usually acts as a click.

How to scroll using the touchpad

Touchpad driver application 1/3 Drivers are the connection between devices and your computer's operating system. Synaptics Touchpad Driver 64bits offers laptops an enhanced synchronism with their pad, letting it to do more than other, more normal alternatives.
Enable or Disable Touchpad in Touchpad Settings 1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon. 2 Click/tap on Touchpad on the left side, and click/tap on the Additional settings link under Related settings on the right side. (see screenshot below) 3 Do step 4 (disable) or step 5 (enable) below for what you want to do.

Scrolling with a touchpad can be done using one of the following methods.

Place the mouse cursor on the vertical scroll bar on the right side of the program window, then press the left touchpad button. While continuing to press the left button, drag your finger downward on the touchpad to move the scrollbar down.
Most touchpads allow the user to place two fingers on the touchpad and drag them up or down to scroll.
Some touchpads have a vertical scroll area built-in on the left or right side. Moving your finger up and down in this section of the touchpad allows you to scroll.

Do I need to use the touchpad on my laptop?