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I have a Surface Pro 3 with the Surface Pro Type Cover. I also have big hands and find too often I am inadvertently hitting the touchpad and zooming out (mostly) and in. How can I disable the pinch zoom feature on the touchpad? I have already disabled the tap feature to avoid inadvertently moving the cursor and disabled Caps Lock as these were problems as well.
PS: I love the Pro 3 (after getting used to Windows 8.1). My MacPro using girlfriend is very jealous.
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Hello BobC1958,
I understand that your hands are accidentally making the gesture to zoom in on your Surface Pro 3. I'll do what I can to help you with this.
I've gone through the settings and cannot find a way to turn this off. You could disable the touchpad altogether in pc settings and use a mouse. It may not be the solution you are looking for, but it would work as a workaround.
Let us know if that works or if you have any other questions.
Best Wishes,
Zack_T
I have a Surface Pro 3 with the Surface Pro Type Cover. I also have big hands and find too often I am inadvertently hitting the touchpad and zooming out (mostly) and in. How can I disable the pinch zoom feature on the touchpad? I have already disabled the tap feature to avoid inadvertently moving the cursor and disabled Caps Lock as these were problems as well.
PS: I love the Pro 3 (after getting used to Windows 8.1). My MacPro using girlfriend is very jealous.
Turn Off Pinch Zoom On Surface Pro 3 With Windows 10
Go To Control Panel
Hardware and Sound
View Devices and Printers
Right Click On Tablet 1
Left Click On Sensor Settings
Click <-- Button Near Settings At Top Left Corner
Left Click On Devices
Left Click On Touchpad and Mouse
Go Down To "Use a two finger touch to zoom" - Turn it off
Really? Is there really no way to disable this extremely infuriating function? I spend more time online correcting the zoom than I do getting anything done.
I do not accept the requirement of upgrading to 10 to address this. Microsoft's only answer to every technical problem is to "upgrade" - where they fix one problem and dish out a half-dozen more.
Please, PLEASE - provide a means by which to eliminate the pinch-zoom function in Windows 8 / 8.1
Microsoft has added the ability to turn this off in Windows 10. This is one concrete good reason to upgrade!
Not sure how Zack_T's response can be listed as an answer, which it definitely is not.
I agree with other posts that this is a serious negative of the SP3. I now try not to use the pad at all due to this problem and use a bluetooth mouse instead. A USB mouse may be better in some ways, but occupies the only USB port, so unless you use a USB hub it is restrictive.
Microsoft PLEASE allow us to turn of Pinch/Zoom
