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[Q] Touchpad Sensitivity

I have some issues of the touchpad mistaking my palm as my finger and screwing up when I'm tryping to type. There's also a problem with how sensitive and fast the cursor moves. I hope ASUS adds a sensitivity setting in future updates.
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In a video review on youtube they said there was a hotkey to disable to trackpad for when you are typing. I don't have my tablet yet and haven't even found a keyboard dock, so I can't verify.
As far as sensitivity, I don't think there is much to be done about it for now. We will indeed have to hope ASUS adds a setting for it.

I have the same issue when I am typing where my palm seems to hit the trackpad and it brings the cursor somewhere else, messing up what I am typing. I guess that is sort of a good thing though because it is training me to be more ergonomically correct and keep my rests elevated while typing lol. There is a hot key to disable the track pad, but it is sort of a pain to have to do it every time you want to type.
I hope they include some settings for the next update to adjust sensitivity and to change what two finger actions do, because sometimes I notice myself trying to do a two finder scroll, and instead, it does a two finger click on a link.

One finger navigation with trackpad on the dock.

I'm not sure if this has been posted but I just discovered a way to use one finger to navigate with the trackpad on the dock. All you have to do is double tap twice on the trackpad, keeping your finger down on the second tap, and you are able to use just one finger.
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Wow nice ! thanks, made the scrolling much easier. (at least for me)

Nice find!

jerrykur said:
Nice find!
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Lol, just found out by myself and wanted to make a thread on this. Guess I'm a little late
But it's really a nice addition in 3.2 and it prevents from accidentally pinch zooming also. Why the hell don't the manufacturers give changelogs with major updates?! Took me really ages now to find this nice feature...
P.S.: This also works for scrolling left and right on the homescreen.

still think that using the trackpad is now a truely horrid experience compared to < 3.2

thefunkygibbon said:
still think that using the trackpad is now a truely horrid experience compared to < 3.2
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I guess that depends. With 3.2 they made the trackpad scroll the same direction as the tablet screen does if you swipe with your fingers (swiping down the trackpad will swipe up the screen). If you used a notebook or netbook before you'll be confused, that's right. But if you only used smartphones and other touchscreen devices, this is more intuitive now because it has the same feel. I only used desktop pcs before the transformer and I always confused the trackpad's direction before the 3.2 update. Now I intuitively scroll into the right direction.
But I still agree with you. I think they should make some trackpad options with the next update I mean some settings like scroll direction, sensitivity, pinch zoom sensitivity or at least pinch zoom on/off. And for the trackpad buttons perhaps customizing right key (to open the apps settings for example).

i guess, the way i see it though is that if i want to use the trackpad in that way, i'd just use the screen! I want to use the trackpad in the same way as I'd use a mouse. The main times i wanted to use it is if there was a area on the screen that needed clicking and it was too hard to do with a finger.. i want the accuracy of a mouse pointer.
but I digress from the original post.
I used to like scrolling with two fingers, now thats pretty much impossible since it seems to want to pinch zoom all the time.
ho hum. i guess i'll just buy a mouse instead for these purposes (hopefully the mouse pointer wont be a big stupid circle, i think i read somewhere it all returns to normal with a usb mouse)

thefunkygibbon said:
i guess, the way i see it though is that if i want to use the trackpad in that way, i'd just use the screen! I want to use the trackpad in the same way as I'd use a mouse. The main times i wanted to use it is if there was a area on the screen that needed clicking and it was too hard to do with a finger.. i want the accuracy of a mouse pointer.
but I digress from the original post.
I used to like scrolling with two fingers, now thats pretty much impossible since it seems to want to pinch zoom all the time.
ho hum. i guess i'll just buy a mouse instead for these purposes (hopefully the mouse pointer wont be a big stupid circle, i think i read somewhere it all returns to normal with a usb mouse)
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Ok, I see your point, it also scrolls into the opposite direction as a scroll wheel would. That really could confuse a lot of people.
Yeah two finger scrolling really sucks now. Thats why I want some trackpad settings. It helps a little if you pull your fingers really close to each other. It's not perfect, but it prevents the screen from zooming all the time.
And yes, the pointer should return to normal with a usb mouse. I don't think the circle style is a totally bad idea, though. but it is much too big. If they'd reduce the size to at least half of the current size, it could be a good pointer for use with trackpad.

qwer23 said:
I guess that depends. With 3.2 they made the trackpad scroll the same direction as the tablet screen does if you swipe with your fingers (swiping down the trackpad will swipe up the screen). If you used a notebook or netbook before you'll be confused, that's right. But if you only used smartphones and other touchscreen devices, this is more intuitive now because it has the same feel. I only used desktop pcs before the transformer and I always confused the trackpad's direction before the 3.2 update. Now I intuitively scroll into the right direction.
But I still agree with you. I think they should make some trackpad options with the next update I mean some settings like scroll direction, sensitivity, pinch zoom sensitivity or at least pinch zoom on/off. And for the trackpad buttons perhaps customizing right key (to open the apps settings for example).
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Wow, so they really DO listen to their customers

[Q] keyboard problem

I have noticed that when using the dock keyboard to input text, the cursor will at times (actually, quite frequently) jump to a different location and continue to input text.
It's as if during the typing, the pointer clicked somewhere else to redirect the current cursor position.
Someone had a similar experience? Running latest ASUS upgrades...
EZ

I had the same problem until I noticed my one of my thumbs would contact the mouse pad. Now if I do any typing I disable the mouse pad using the key fourth from the top left hand side. Hope that helps.

Same here! The touch pad is very sensitive and I tend to turn it off as well.
bluecnc said:
I had the same problem until I noticed my one of my thumbs would contact the mouse pad. Now if I do any typing I disable the mouse pad using the key fourth from the top left hand side. Hope that helps.
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thanks
OK, I will try this out - so far so good, but since it seemed tobe a "random" problem, I will do as you say and hope for the best!
EZ

[Q] touchpad

hey guys whats the difference between the mouse cursor mode and the gesture mode in the asus customise settings? as far as i can see it only changes the cursor from a pointer to circle and gesture mode lets you pinch zoom, is there any more than that guys?

Yes try some gestures on the touchpad Like swiping in browser. You can do two finger gestures in gesture mode and the touchpad acts the same way as if you were doing it on the screen directly. i>e., two fingers up to scroll down. In mouse pointer mode it is reversed. Two fingers up to scroll up.

[Q] Flipping the orientation of swipes in "mouse cursor mode"

Hello all,
I would like to flip the orientation of how swipes are registered by the touchpad in "Mouse cursor mode" so that it registers like in "Gesture mode." I think the best way to explain what I'm talking about is by examples, so here it goes:
Let's say you're looking at your home screen. if you want to switch to your screen to the right:
1. Using the screen, you would place one finger on the screen and swipe left.
2. Using Gesture mode, you would place two fingers on the touchpad and swipe left.
3. Using Mouse cursor mode, you have to place two fingers on the touchpad and swipe right.
Or, if you want to scroll down on your browser:
1. Using the screen, you would place one finger on the screen and swipe up.
2. Using Gesture mode, you would place two fingers on the touchpad and swipe up.
3. Using Mouse cursor mode, you have to place two fingers on the touchpad and swipe down.
The fact that Mouse cursor mode registers swipes opposite to how the screen and Gesture mode register swipes kinda drives me nuts. Does anybody know how to change this?
(I prefer using Mouse cursor mode because (1) I don't like the round circle pointer in Gesture mode; and (2) the transitions in Gesture mode when using the touchpad is jerky compared to transitions in Mouse cursor mode.)
Thanks!