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Topic # 136815 9-Dec-2013 21:33
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My touchpad perform menu popup actions when I swipe left or right, how do I stop this infuriating behaviour? Is it a gift from MS in Win8 itself or Sony hate endeavour? There control panel provides not hints, and neither does the uncontrol panel.

If I could disable this the hate of using this thing might ease a smidge.

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  Reply # 948338 9-Dec-2013 22:00
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double check there is nothing in the control panel

which model Sony is this? so I can look up the touchpad manufacturer

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  Reply # 948339 9-Dec-2013 22:00
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Synaptics driver in mouse options in control panel?

 
 
 
 




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  Reply # 948342 9-Dec-2013 22:07
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Vaio Pro 11. Synaptics control panel has mouse mapping a and TSR settings but no mention on the swipe from edge functions.

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  Reply # 948358 9-Dec-2013 22:39
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Go to the settings in modern UI (charms bar) then change pc settings, then pc and devices then mouse and touchpad then untoggle "enable swiping in from left or right edges"




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  Reply # 948411 10-Dec-2013 07:22
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that




Swype on iOS is detrimental to accurate typing. Apologies in advance.



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  Reply # 948436 10-Dec-2013 08:09
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billgates: Go to the settings in modern UI (charms bar) then change pc settings, then pc and devices then mouse and touchpad then untoggle "enable swiping in from left or right edges"


Is this the right place?

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  Reply # 948781 10-Dec-2013 15:47
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normally this would be in the Mouse Control panel, with a Synaptics add in, the last tab in the mouse CPL

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  Reply # 948782 10-Dec-2013 15:49
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lyonrouge:
billgates: Go to the settings in modern UI (charms bar) then change pc settings, then pc and devices then mouse and touchpad then untoggle "enable swiping in from left or right edges"


Is this the right place?



try under "Corners and edges" then app switching

but I'm surprised you don't see this in the Mouse control panel



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  Reply # 949107 11-Dec-2013 08:30
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nathan: normally this would be in the Mouse Control panel, with a Synaptics add in, the last tab in the mouse CPL



This does not appear in my control panel, is it an additional application I need to install?

Note: Corners turned off did not change the edge behaviour

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