For years I’ve been occasionally borrowing laptops and disliking them, mainly due to the touchpad, which has always seemed awkward and erratic. However, last week I finally decided that I wanted to get a Lenovo Ideapad Y510, and it was delivered to me at work on Wednesday from Newegg. In the process of playing with it, I discovered that not only can the touchpad be used for moving the pointer, but tapping on it works the same as a mouse click or double click. In addition, I found out how to use the touchpad to scroll the screen. It makes using the Touchpad much more convenient, and I now understand why I used to find it so unpredictable.
I felt a little embarrassed to discover that I had been doing it wrong. However, when I was discussing it with Jack, I found out that he didn’t know about tapping for mouse clicks either.
It is always interesting to find out you don’t know everything about something so basic.
Ah, tap-to-click. That feature that I turn off as soon as I can. I get an awful rate of false positives – my thumb skimming a tenth of an inch or so above the pad keeps triggering it. It’s really a pain.