Scrolling Properties Page

Synaptics TouchPad

Scrolling Properties Page

Getting Started

Overview

The Scrolling properties page allows you to customize the Virtual Scrolling capabilities of your TouchPad.

What is Virtual Scrolling?

How do I use Virtual Scrolling?

In some applications, the scroll zones which activate Virtual Scrolling can be used for zooming too.

Zoom In/Out and Pan on Documents

The Synaptics TouchPad driver may also control other pointing devices attached to your system. If the Synaptics TouchPad driver is controlling more than one pointing device on your system, the Synaptics pages on the Mouse control panel will have a drop-down box listing all of the pointing devices that are controlled. You may set separate settings for each by selecting the appropriate device (settings which don’t apply to a particular pointing device will be grayed out).

Enabling Virtual Scrolling of the Active Window

Check the appropriate boxes on this page for the type of Virtual Scrolling that you prefer:

·Horizontal Scrolling

·Vertical Scrolling

·Coasting

Choose where you want Virtual Scrolling to occur:

·Scroll Selected Item

- OR -

·Scroll Item Under Pointer

Customizing Scroll Zone Sizes

This page includes a small map of the TouchPad with the scroll zones highlighted. See the Scroll Zone TouchPad Map for a more detailed description.

You can adjust the size of each zone by dragging one of the black resize handles on the TouchPad map. If you are having trouble activating the Virtual Scrolling feature, you might want to try making the scroll zones wider. If you find that scrolling sometimes gets activated when you didn’t mean to scroll, try narrowing the scroll zones.

Customizing Virtual Scrolling Speed

You can control the speed of Virtual Scrolling by adjusting the Scrolling Speed slider on this page. Drag the slider thumb to the right for faster scrolling.

Related Topics

What is a scroll thumb?