Windows 10: How can I keep pressing the middle mouse button and drag on touchpad?

My notebook is Dell Inspiron 13 5000. I just bought the Dyson Sphere Program on Steam in the morning and tried to play it after class. The default setting of rotating camera in game is keep pressing the middle mouse button and drag. So I changed the touchpad setting like that:Four-finger gesturesSwipes -> NothingTaps -> Middle mouse buttonI thought this simple change was enough to solve the problem but it didn't. After three hours searching for solution and got nothing, I am exhausted and hoping someone can help here :Big thanks if you save my weekend holiday!

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X-windows middle-mouse button using touchpad on Windows 10

Cygwin is the only unix environment of which I know that works on top of Windows. I am getting frequent reminders to move from Windows 7 to Windows 10. It doesn't make sense to migrate my 2011 laptop with stuck keys to Windows 10, so I've been investigating current day laptops. I haven't bought one yet, but have messed around with display models at stores.

In Windows 10, one can specify that a 3-finger tap as representing the tap of the middle mouse button. Unfortunately, it is only a tap, and not a click-and-hold. X-windows requires the emulation of all possible uses of the middle button: Tap, click-and-hold, either of those two in conjunction with Shift and/or Control, and either one of the preceding modes in conjuction with a drag. For example, xterm customization menus require some of these.

In Windows 7, I achieve this by mapping the left physical button to the desired middle button. I don't need the physical left button to behave as a left button because left button functionality can be emulated with touch pad taps and drags by enabling the following Synaptics's switches:

• Tap again and hold to drag
  
• Locking Drags
  

Other limitations:

• I avoid carrying extra accessories like a mouse because without a doubt, I will not have it when I need it
  
• Many laptops don't have explicit buttons, but allow lower left/right corners to be clicked. This prevents the emulation of middle button by clicking both left and right, which isn't a good option anyway because (I'm guessing that) it also doesn't allow for simultaneous drag.
  

Questions

• How have other Cygwin users obtained middle mouse button functionality in Windows 10?
  
• Is Synaptics compatible with Windows 10
  
• Will it accomplish what I describe above with Windows 7?
  

 

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.

 

Precision Touchpad Middle Mouse Hold Drag

Hi Everyone,

I am new to using a Precision Touchpad. I switched over from a touchpad with a Synaptics Driver. I am using a Dell Laptop and the Dell support says this is a Windows Driver issue because they just use the Windows Drivers.

I often use my computer for CAD drafting. This function uses a lot of middle mouse wheel functions to pan around the screen. On my old computer, I could set part of the track pad as a middle mouse click and hold function. It would allow me to click, hold,
and pan around the screen. On my new Precision Touch Pad, I have mapped a three finger tap as a middle mouse click. But, there is no option to "HOLD" the click down. Is there a way to enable this "HOLD" function?

FYI, I am using AutoHotKey to remap my left mouse click as a middle click hold, but it is a clunky solution. Does anyone know a way to enable this "HOLD" function for a three finger tap on the Precision Touchpad?

Windows 10. Dell Inspiron. Everything is Up To Date.