F5F Stay Refreshed Software Operating Systems Understanding Elan Touchpad gestures Discover how to activate and control touchpad actions effectively.

Understanding Elan Touchpad gestures Discover how to activate and control touchpad actions effectively.

Understanding Elan Touchpad gestures Discover how to activate and control touchpad actions effectively.

A
alexandre6768
Member
Find
219
10-17-2016, 05:16 PM
#1
Hi all, I just got my hands on an MSI GS60 Ghost Pro (Win 8.1 64-bit) and have been quite pleased with the machine so far...except for the touchpad. The Elantech driver comes with a gesture suite much like the Synaptics gesture suite, set up for adjusting the input settings and such. Initially it looks pretty limited in the gestures you can configure, but in poking around in the driver from MSI I found a folder that contained a ton of example videos of each of the gestures - including ones that aren't shown or adjustable in the Elantech gesture suite, indicating the functionality for other gestures is built in but not available to the user... I figured out how to enable them through editing the registry so they show up and bypass the gesture suite all together to 'unlock' these 'hidden' gestures. So far the following are working:
Reply
Reply
A
alexandre6768
10-17-2016, 05:16 PM #1

Hi all, I just got my hands on an MSI GS60 Ghost Pro (Win 8.1 64-bit) and have been quite pleased with the machine so far...except for the touchpad. The Elantech driver comes with a gesture suite much like the Synaptics gesture suite, set up for adjusting the input settings and such. Initially it looks pretty limited in the gestures you can configure, but in poking around in the driver from MSI I found a folder that contained a ton of example videos of each of the gestures - including ones that aren't shown or adjustable in the Elantech gesture suite, indicating the functionality for other gestures is built in but not available to the user... I figured out how to enable them through editing the registry so they show up and bypass the gesture suite all together to 'unlock' these 'hidden' gestures. So far the following are working:

Reply
Reply
B
bruno_225
Member
Find
53
10-18-2016, 01:35 AM
#2
Thank you! Completed the MSI CX61 2OD setup.
Reply
Reply
B
bruno_225
10-18-2016, 01:35 AM #2

Thank you! Completed the MSI CX61 2OD setup.

Reply
Reply
2
2neferupito
Junior Member
Find
3
10-19-2016, 03:37 AM
#3
Thanks for your effort! I'm using Windows 8.1 and a new driver update recently removed features like two-finger tapping. It's been a while, but appreciate the update! Brett
Reply
Reply
2
2neferupito
10-19-2016, 03:37 AM #3

Thanks for your effort! I'm using Windows 8.1 and a new driver update recently removed features like two-finger tapping. It's been a while, but appreciate the update! Brett

Reply
Reply
0
07GmanBEAST07
Member
Find
213
10-19-2016, 11:24 AM
#4
I'm using the Elan touchpad on my Lenovo IdeaPad 700. Earlier, in Ubuntu 19.04, single tap for left click and two-finger tap for right click worked fine without extra drivers or settings. Now I'm on Windows 10 and even after installing the latest Lenovo driver, those features aren't available. A tip from this thread helped my device too, but it required a few extra steps: enable Tap_Two_Finger, set Tap_Two_Finger to 1, activate TwoFingerTap_Display, and also set CornerTap_Display to 1. Once those were adjusted, my touchpad functions improved. Thanks BudgetEngineer!
Reply
Reply
0
07GmanBEAST07
10-19-2016, 11:24 AM #4

I'm using the Elan touchpad on my Lenovo IdeaPad 700. Earlier, in Ubuntu 19.04, single tap for left click and two-finger tap for right click worked fine without extra drivers or settings. Now I'm on Windows 10 and even after installing the latest Lenovo driver, those features aren't available. A tip from this thread helped my device too, but it required a few extra steps: enable Tap_Two_Finger, set Tap_Two_Finger to 1, activate TwoFingerTap_Display, and also set CornerTap_Display to 1. Once those were adjusted, my touchpad functions improved. Thanks BudgetEngineer!

Reply
Reply