How to Configure Touchpad buttons?

DoctorBrown · 04-03-2006, 10:10 PM

I have a Compaq nc6220. When I have it in the docking station I have a regular keyboard and mouse connected. For ergonomic reasons, I have the mouse setup as a left hand mouse with primary and secondary buttons reversed. Unfortunately, that setting is carried to the touch pad. The touch pad is enabled which now invokes the context menu instead of the primary functions when touched.

How can I change the touch pad setting independent of the mouse settings? I've looked though every device in the Device manager and in the Control panel and can't find ANY settings for the touch pad. The buttons below the touch pad are also reversed.

Any Ideas? Thanks,

**Joefireline** · 04-04-2006, 02:48 AM

Try going into the Bios...

DoctorBrown · 04-07-2006, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joefireline

Try going into the Bios...

Nothing there related to touch pad. How can this not be in the hardware manager, or settable via some tool in Control panel?

Any ideas?

**uripyores** · 04-07-2006, 11:59 AM

On my laptop they are set via the mouse entry in control panel.

DoctorBrown · 04-14-2006, 12:14 AM

Yep, that what I'm finding but I want to set the touch pad differently than the mouse because I have the buttons on the mouse left handed but I want the buttons and the touch function to be right. More specifically, the touch function seems to be hard coded to the left button. I don't see a way to change it.

**uripyores** · 04-14-2006, 01:20 AM

In the mouse settings in the control panel, are they not both listed separately under the hardware tab? It says my touchpad is a PS2 mouse in my case.

04-03-2006, 10:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
DoctorBrown Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 23 OS: Win XP	How to Configure Touchpad buttons? I have a Compaq nc6220. When I have it in the docking station I have a regular keyboard and mouse connected. For ergonomic reasons, I have the mouse setup as a left hand mouse with primary and secondary buttons reversed. Unfortunately, that setting is carried to the touch pad. The touch pad is enabled which now invokes the context menu instead of the primary functions when touched. How can I change the touch pad setting independent of the mouse settings? I've looked though every device in the Device manager and in the Control panel and can't find ANY settings for the touch pad. The buttons below the touch pad are also reversed. Any Ideas? Thanks,

04-04-2006, 02:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
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04-07-2006, 11:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
uripyores Mush Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Durham UK Posts: 724 OS: XP Home/Pro [SP3]	On my laptop they are set via the mouse entry in control panel.

04-14-2006, 12:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
DoctorBrown Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 23 OS: Win XP	Yep, that what I'm finding but I want to set the touch pad differently than the mouse because I have the buttons on the mouse left handed but I want the buttons and the touch function to be right. More specifically, the touch function seems to be hard coded to the left button. I don't see a way to change it.

04-14-2006, 01:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
uripyores Mush Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Durham UK Posts: 724 OS: XP Home/Pro [SP3]	In the mouse settings in the control panel, are they not both listed separately under the hardware tab? It says my touchpad is a PS2 mouse in my case.