shortcut on desktop

[Gene E. Bloch]

Unless your'e left handed, and have switched mouse buttons in Control Panel
| Mouse (like me), ...then,
I always thought it was Left-click hold and drag, (no right mouse button)


regards, Richard

See this post and a reply or two upthread:

Message-ID: <[email protected]>

 

[Jeff]

In message <[email protected]>, "(e-mail address removed)"

"Context Menu, Special Drag" for the secondary (Right hand) button
is exactly the setting I would need, but I cannot find any such
setting in my Synaptics touchpad settings. Maybe that is what is
turned off. Could you tell me where in the settings hierarchy you find
it in yours?

(Have you _tried_ switching the buttons to see if it's any
different/better/worse?)

FWIW, I can't find it either: device "TouchPad V7.2", driver "v11.1.3.2
28Aug08", Windows XP SP3 on a Samsung NC-20 - but I have the
functionality, in that if I hold down right-click and drag, I get a
popup menu when I let go (currently 7-Zip, Copy Here, Move Here, Create
Shortcuts Here [why plural?], and Cancel). I've never used it as I
didn't know about it.

It may be there and I haven't spotted it: I do Control Panel, Mouse, and
I get Mouse Properties, with the normal tabs for Buttons, Pointers,
Pointer Options, Wheel, and Hardware that I'd expect for any mouse, plus
one for Device Settings, which contains a further Settings button, which
brings up a whole new window, headed "Properties for Synaptics TouchPad
V7.3 on PS/2 Port 3" (I wonder what's on the other two! This netbook
certainly has no _external_ PS/2 ports!), with sections (a menu rather
than tabs) for Overview, Tapping, Buttons, Virtual Scrolling, Pointer
Motion, and Sensitivity, each of which has settings and sub-menus,
several to two levels. This is under XP, but I suspect 7 is similar.

I checked 2 other Laptops of that same Toshiba model and they all had
the same touchpad limitation. So I finally returned it and bought a
different laptop: an Asus that is faster and even has dedicated
graphics. And its touchpad works correctly! So that Toshiba is now past
history.

 

[Jeff]

Windows 7 Home Premium, Synaptics Touchpad version 7.2, driver version
15.0.10 from the NC10 section of the Samsung website. The Toshiba
version should be more or less identical, otherwise, download the latest
driver from the Synaptics website, *create a restore point* and install
it, ignoring the warnings about manufacturers customising the driver for
their machines.

Control Panel - Mouse - Device Settings tab (The one with the red
splodge on it) - Settings - Buttons - Right Button Action - Select
"Context Menu, Special Drag" - Apply.

To swap the buttons, use the Buttons tab (on the extreme left hand side)
of the control panel applet.

Thank you. But I gave up and returned that laptop.

 

[Jeff]

Unless your'e left handed, and have switched mouse buttons in Control Panel
| Mouse (like me), ...then,
I always thought it was Left-click hold and drag, (no right mouse button)


regards, Richard

They are different functions.
a) Dragging with the left mouse button gives you the options to "copy"
or "move".
b) Dragging with the right button pressed adds the option to create a
"shortcut" to wherever you are dragging to. That "shortcut" option does
not exist when dragging with the left button.

The left button context menu (without dragging) lets you create a
shortcut in the **same location as the original** and then you need to
move that shortcut elsewhere (to the desktop, other folder, or
wherever). That is a minimum of a 2 step procedure whereas dragging with
the right button depressed is a single rapid move that does it all easily.

The touchpad on the laptop I decided to get instead of the faulty
Toshiba one works correctly.

 

[Jeff]

How to assign a macro key in W7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237179

regards, Richard

Yes, a macro would be a good solution. But I bought a different laptop
and therefore I no longer need it.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

In message <[email protected]>, "(e-mail address removed)"

"Context Menu, Special Drag" for the secondary (Right hand) button
is exactly the setting I would need, but I cannot find any such
setting in my Synaptics touchpad settings. Maybe that is what is
turned off. Could you tell me where in the settings hierarchy you find
it in yours?

(Have you _tried_ switching the buttons to see if it's any
different/better/worse?)

FWIW, I can't find it either: device "TouchPad V7.2", driver "v11.1.3.2
28Aug08", Windows XP SP3 on a Samsung NC-20 - but I have the
functionality, in that if I hold down right-click and drag, I get a
popup menu when I let go (currently 7-Zip, Copy Here, Move Here, Create
Shortcuts Here [why plural?], and Cancel). I've never used it as I
didn't know about it.

It may be there and I haven't spotted it: I do Control Panel, Mouse, and
I get Mouse Properties, with the normal tabs for Buttons, Pointers,
Pointer Options, Wheel, and Hardware that I'd expect for any mouse, plus
one for Device Settings, which contains a further Settings button, which
brings up a whole new window, headed "Properties for Synaptics TouchPad
V7.3 on PS/2 Port 3" (I wonder what's on the other two! This netbook
certainly has no _external_ PS/2 ports!), with sections (a menu rather
than tabs) for Overview, Tapping, Buttons, Virtual Scrolling, Pointer
Motion, and Sensitivity, each of which has settings and sub-menus,
several to two levels. This is under XP, but I suspect 7 is similar.

I checked 2 other Laptops of that same Toshiba model and they all had
the same touchpad limitation. So I finally returned it and bought a
different laptop: an Asus that is faster and even has dedicated
graphics. And its touchpad works correctly! So that Toshiba is now past
history.

Obviously, I think you did the right thing, and I'm glad it's now
sorted.

Thanks for the update.

 

[RJK]

Yes, a macro would be a good solution. But I bought a different laptop and
therefore I no longer need it.

ummm, ...then why is this thread continuing ? !!!!!
....I'm out of here !!!

regards, Richard

 

[RJK]

In message <[email protected]>, "(e-mail address removed)"
[]
"Context Menu, Special Drag" for the secondary (Right hand) button
is exactly the setting I would need, but I cannot find any such
setting in my Synaptics touchpad settings. Maybe that is what is
turned off. Could you tell me where in the settings hierarchy you find
it in yours?

(Have you _tried_ switching the buttons to see if it's any
different/better/worse?)

FWIW, I can't find it either: device "TouchPad V7.2", driver "v11.1.3.2
28Aug08", Windows XP SP3 on a Samsung NC-20 - but I have the
functionality, in that if I hold down right-click and drag, I get a
popup menu when I let go (currently 7-Zip, Copy Here, Move Here, Create
Shortcuts Here [why plural?], and Cancel). I've never used it as I
didn't know about it.

It may be there and I haven't spotted it: I do Control Panel, Mouse, and
I get Mouse Properties, with the normal tabs for Buttons, Pointers,
Pointer Options, Wheel, and Hardware that I'd expect for any mouse, plus
one for Device Settings, which contains a further Settings button, which
brings up a whole new window, headed "Properties for Synaptics TouchPad
V7.3 on PS/2 Port 3" (I wonder what's on the other two! This netbook
certainly has no _external_ PS/2 ports!), with sections (a menu rather
than tabs) for Overview, Tapping, Buttons, Virtual Scrolling, Pointer
Motion, and Sensitivity, each of which has settings and sub-menus,
several to two levels. This is under XP, but I suspect 7 is similar.

I checked 2 other Laptops of that same Toshiba model and they all had
the same touchpad limitation. So I finally returned it and bought a
different laptop: an Asus that is faster and even has dedicated
graphics. And its touchpad works correctly! So that Toshiba is now past
history.

Obviously, I think you did the right thing, and I'm glad it's now
sorted.

Thanks for the update.

....someone said ASUS ? !!!
...YES YES YES I've used Asus boards for decades, they're simply the best,
(except for the M3N78 that had an eSATA port on the back panel for which
they failed to provide a driver !),
...Gigabyte boards are a joke, compared to Asus and MSI ...

regards, Richard

 

[Jeff]

Logitech M305 = compact / cordless / USB nano-dongle - that can be left
plugged in without being too obtrusive.
I have three of'em, and on my Laptop one, when surface space is impractical
or limited, works great on left thigh !

regards, Richard

Thanks.