With 8.1 update 1, type/touch cover 2 can now perform double tap-drag. All hail lord Microsoft.
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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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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Anonymous
2013-12-10T14:12:26+00:00 More than agree with Bruce.
The point is that one can't still trust companies that allow so stupid decisions.
We have been used in the last decades to very bad moves from the corp (on the user side of course), but here we reach a terrifying limit in stupidity.
And why not suppressing the screen ? Don't lough... It would save battery...
If the problem is not solved in the next days I will return my very expensive Surface "Pro" 2 with its keyboard.
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Anonymous
2013-12-08T23:10:20+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.
This is an incredibly lame "answer." I have to agree with DTCreate (Richard S) in his response. Touchpads have always worked this way. For MIcrosoft to remove this functionality and then claim it is a "feature" of "precision touchpads" is just ridiculous. A better response would have been to listen to your customers (who are being very clear in this thread) put this fix in for immediate update.
If MS plans to leave this feature out, I'll be returning my Surface Pro 2 for something that works correctly - purchased from a company that understands their customers. MS apparently does not.
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Anonymous
2013-12-05T15:18:49+00:00 It's a shame that double click is not available, specially when you pay a tablet 1500$ !