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
    2014-04-30T18:07:26+00:00

    Umm, it works on both of my type and touch cover 2...  Weird...

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-30T17:48:04+00:00

    Mine too,  and more than that, 

    When 'tap'n'drag' stop working, from touch pad's edge slide inside to open the metro task switcher(screen's left) or metro menu bar(screen's right) stopped working too. (I don't know if I used the right names or describe proper, my english sucks, especially in gramma, I'm sorry.)

    And sometimes, don't know how triggered, just like one ALT key was keep holding, I must hit alt twice to bring it back to normal.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-27T21:35:03+00:00

    It initially didn't work for me, however after several times at removing the kboard cleaning the edge connections on the Kboard (with my finger), I now have no isuues

    It often stops working for me, then works again, pretty random. Just now it was not working again and was driving me nuts, and I read your post and re-connected my keyboard, and its back to working. So thank you for the solution, somehow I didn't think of it myself...

    I'm not convinved its a connection problem - everything else is working fine when the issue crops up. Rather, I think MS still have some driver/software problem, and the reconnection just reinitializes something in the software's state.

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