Double tap to left click and drag on trackpad

Anonymous
2013-10-25T13:45:34+00:00

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
2014-04-09T01:07:12+00:00

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

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Anonymous
2013-11-21T02:57:03+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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-11-21T03:46:41+00:00

    Thank you Steven for answering. However, that is really unacceptable considering that is a common gesture on track pads for most laptops and one that makes it very useful.

    This really sounds like a cop our vs a real answer. It is easy to say that we will fix the documentation to reflect our lack of features that should have been there. How about we get a real solution as this would be a simple driver update to make it work.

    If for some reason a person doesn't want the feature once the driver is fixed. Then give an option to turn it off, but WHY would Microsoft take such a well used gesture away in a Revision 2 keyboard when it worked in the original? That does not make sense and really makes it necessary to use a mouse more to be more productive.

    The gesture you are recommending is far more cumbersome and error prone.

    Thank you,

    Richard S

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-18T19:11:17+00:00

    I second that!

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-18T18:04:57+00:00

    Thanks for this information, but I'm not coordinated enough to do this!  I've just gone to the touch screen with the pen to do many of the things I was able to "click-drag" with the first generation Type Cover (which I lost on an airplane - wish I still had it).  It is a little frustrating, so hope Microsoft fixes this soon to make their trackpad function like every other one in the world!

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