"two finger scrolling"?

[Pete Goodeve]

One thing that has just started working with the latest builds is
the trackpad on my laptop. (It was completely erratic before -- freezing
randomly, unlike the perfectly good USB mouse.) So I'm actually using
it now. One feature has me baffled, though: what is "two-finger scrolling"?

If I enable it and try to put two fingers on the pad, the cursor just locks
in place until I lift one of the fingers. The Users Guide didn't help much.
Please someone explain its intended function...

Thanks,
-- Pete --

[Rimas Kudelis]

Hi Pete,

Post by Pete Goodeve
One thing that has just started working with the latest builds is
the trackpad on my laptop. (It was completely erratic before -- freezing
randomly, unlike the perfectly good USB mouse.) So I'm actually using
it now. One feature has me baffled, though: what is "two-finger scrolling"?
If I enable it and try to put two fingers on the pad, the cursor just locks
in place until I lift one of the fingers. The Users Guide didn't help much.
Please someone explain its intended function...

Newer touchpads allow you to scroll using two fingers instead of using
dedicated scrolling areas at the right and the bottom. See this image:
http://tinyurl.com/ahaeg46 (there are also more gestures, see
http://tinyurl.com/a5cl8j2 ). At least for me, that way of scrolling
looks really superior, and I got used to it within hours after unpacking
and installing my new lappy a few months back. Now it actually feels
somewhat uncomfortable when I'm using my older laptop or my gf's one,
where it doesn't work. :)

Hope this helps,
Rimas

[Pete Goodeve]

Post by Rimas Kudelis

Post by Pete Goodeve
One thing that has just started working with the latest builds is
the trackpad on my laptop. (It was completely erratic before -- freezing
randomly, unlike the perfectly good USB mouse.) So I'm actually using
it now. One feature has me baffled, though: what is "two-finger scrolling"?

Newer touchpads allow you to scroll using two fingers instead of using
http://tinyurl.com/ahaeg46 (there are also more gestures, see
http://tinyurl.com/a5cl8j2 ). At least for me, that way of scrolling
looks really superior, and I got used to it within hours after unpacking
and installing my new lappy a few months back. Now it actually feels
somewhat uncomfortable when I'm using my older laptop or my gf's one,
where it doesn't work. :)

Ah, thanks. Makes sense, now.

Unfortunately -- despite this being a brand-new laptop -- it doesn't
seem to work properly here. My second finger sort of causes scrolling,
but the window always returns to its original state when I lift the finger.
The 'tap' feature also seems to be a bit erratic still, so maybe there's
still some incompatibility.

Oh well. I still tend to prefer the (wireless) mouse with its scroll-wheel
anyway.

-- Pete --

[Rimas Kudelis]

Post by Pete Goodeve

Post by Rimas Kudelis

Post by Pete Goodeve
One thing that has just started working with the latest builds is
the trackpad on my laptop. (It was completely erratic before -- freezing
randomly, unlike the perfectly good USB mouse.) So I'm actually using
it now. One feature has me baffled, though: what is "two-finger scrolling"?

Newer touchpads allow you to scroll using two fingers instead of using
http://tinyurl.com/ahaeg46 (there are also more gestures, see
http://tinyurl.com/a5cl8j2 ). At least for me, that way of scrolling
looks really superior, and I got used to it within hours after unpacking
and installing my new lappy a few months back. Now it actually feels
somewhat uncomfortable when I'm using my older laptop or my gf's one,
where it doesn't work. :)

Ah, thanks. Makes sense, now.
Unfortunately -- despite this being a brand-new laptop -- it doesn't
seem to work properly here. My second finger sort of causes scrolling,
but the window always returns to its original state when I lift the finger.
The 'tap' feature also seems to be a bit erratic still, so maybe there's
still some incompatibility.

I haven't tried Haiku on my new laptop, so I can't say if same happens
to me. But on my older laptop, scrolling (or actually anything related
to the touchpad) sometimes misbehaves when the touchpad becomes a bit warm.

By the way, the first picture I showed looks slightly wrong to me. At
least for me, scrolling works when there is at least a small gap between
fingers.

Post by Pete Goodeve
Oh well. I still tend to prefer the (wireless) mouse with its scroll-wheel
anyway.

:) I have one too, in my backpack. Although surprisingly for me, I
didn't end up using it every time, but rather rarely...

Rimas