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How to enable touchpad virtual scrolling (Mouse wheel) - Windows - ideapad

Steps and instructions to enable touchpad virtual scrolling (Mouse wheel) - Windows - ideapad

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Steps and instructions to enable touchpad virtual scrolling (Mouse wheel) - Windows - ideapad

Description

This article provides assistance with virtual scrolling (horizontal scrolling, vertical scrolling, multi-finger scrolling) settings on ideapad laptops configured with Synaptics, ALPS, or Elan touchpad running Windows.

Before adjusting Device Settings via Control Panel > Mouse, make sure the touchpad driver installed on the PC is the latest. If not, go to the support site to download and install.

If you are operating in Windows 10, refer to Introduction to Precision Touchpad.

If your model is ThinkPad, see this document How to enable touchpad virtual scrolling (Mouse wheel) on ThinkPad.

Applicable Systems

ideapad

Operating Systems

Windows 10

Solution

Slide along the scrolling line (on some models, there will be no such line, but you can still slide on this area to use this feature) on the right of the touchpad to use the virtual scrolling feature, as shown in the following figure.

Slide area

To enable touchpad scrolling, set the relevant options under the Mouse property window. To open this window, go to Control Panel > Mouse as shown in the following figure.

Mouse properties

Refer to the following for different touchpad drivers installed on desktops.

Synaptics touchpad setting Windows 10

  1. Switch to the Device Settings tab, click Settings. If this option is not available, search for Touchpad settings using the search icon on the taskbar.

    Settings

    Settings
  2. Click Multi-Finger and adjust the Scroll option.

    Scroll option
  • ALPS touchpad setting Double-click Mouse --> click the Gestures tag --> select Use scrolling.

    Scrolling
  • ELANTECH (KTP) touchpad setting (Learn more Elan touchpad)

    Scrolling

Steps to download drivers

  1. Go to https://support.lenovo.com/.
  2. Key in your product name (ie B560, G230, 100) using the Search for your product option.
  3. Click your product name.
  4. Select Drivers & Software.
    Drivers and Software
  5. Choose Select Drivers under Manual Update or Scan Now under Automatic Update.
    Automatic Update
  6. Automatically update the drivers, or for manual, select the related category and download the driver.
Alias Id:IN20110314-005
Document ID:HT062562
Original Publish Date:12/01/2016
Last Modified Date:11/20/2024
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