Double tap to left click and drag on trackpad

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Hello, I was trying to find a way to click and drag by using the Type Cover 2 trackpad without keeping the left mouse button pressed. Most touchpads nowadays register a rapid double click as a "left click and drag" command and, according to the documentation on Microsoft's website, the Type Cover 2 should as well. However, I tried to use the feature both in Desktop programs and UI apps with no success. How to left click and drag without keeping the trackpad's left mouse button pressed?

Edit: called the customer service, and I was told that the team is aware of the issue and that a fix is planned.

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Anonymous

With 8.1 update 1, type/touch cover 2 can now perform double tap-drag. All hail lord Microsoft.

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Greetings all,

The “Tap, then tap and slide one finger in any direction" gesture to perform a “left-click and drag” is not supported in Windows 8.1 for precision touchpads such as Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2.

The “left-click and drag” function can be performed on Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2 by holding the left touchpad button down and then sliding a finger in any direction.

We’ll be updating the inaccurate information in Touchpad: A built-in mouse.

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2014-06-17T15:50:28+00:00

Greetings all,

The “Tap, then tap and slide one finger in any direction" gesture to perform a “left-click and drag” is not supported in Windows 8.1 for precision touchpads such as Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2.

The “left-click and drag” function can be performed on Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2 by holding the left touchpad button down and then sliding a finger in any direction.

We’ll be updating the inaccurate information in Touchpad: A built-in mouse.

Has anyone tried this with a Surface RT 1 and a Type Cover 2?

I simply cannot get click drag to work even with the KB2919355 Windows 8.1 Update 1 package installed.

I have tested with the same Surface RT 1 and Touch Cover 1 and it works fine.

The so-called "precision touchpad" in the Type Cover 2 products does not support this gesture, or Microsoft has not included support in its drivers. Type Cover 1 works fine because the hardware is different.

Virtually every other trackpad device for a Windows PC has supported this for years, decades even. I'd like to meet the program manager who made this decision. The Type Cover 2 touchpads are painful to use on a good day, but the lack of support for this gesture makes them much worse.
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Anonymous

2014-06-17T08:43:24+00:00

Greetings all,

The “Tap, then tap and slide one finger in any direction" gesture to perform a “left-click and drag” is not supported in Windows 8.1 for precision touchpads such as Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2.

The “left-click and drag” function can be performed on Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2 by holding the left touchpad button down and then sliding a finger in any direction.

We’ll be updating the inaccurate information in Touchpad: A built-in mouse.

Has anyone tried this with a Surface RT 1 and a Type Cover 2?

I simply cannot get click drag to work even with the KB2919355 Windows 8.1 Update 1 package installed.

I have tested with the same Surface RT 1 and Touch Cover 1 and it works fine.
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Anonymous

2014-05-02T00:31:38+00:00

Yes, unstable.

Every time I will reattach the type cover, then it will function well again.

But in 1 day, reattach it many times...

Hope someone will figure out a way to "Refresh" the type cover, somehow a batch file or something.
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