This could be your Trackpad
Very few people know that every synaptics trackpad supports multitouch and as long as your OS supports it you can always use multitouch to enhance your computers interface. Apple has patented several UI design elements ,hence has inhibited Windows and Linux to come out with similar UI elements like pinch and zoom, scroll etc.
If you are using Linux and want to setup multitouch then click here
You only need a patched driver to enable multitouch features in synaptics. Download the latest driver from here
Download links (for XP/Vista 32/64-bit):
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9n9c6i
http://mihd.net/42vtopk
This driver is made from an outdated driver of synaptics. So you may have to uninstall your existing driver.
- Go to Add-Remove Software.
- Find and uninstall synaptic driver
- Reboot
Extract the zip file(touchpad_synaptics_v10.2.4_vistax32×64_xpx32×64_modded_build2.zip) to a folder
Install selected driver.
This driver is not signed. Hence windows will issue a warning. Do not install this driver on your production machine. This is a development build and using it may crash your system
Now you can enable these 3 features on your Windows Desktop using Synaptic Options. Go to bottom right in your Windows taskbar to select synaptics tray icon or search synaptic in control panel. Then select Synaptic touchpad in Device Settings.
- Multitouch scrolling : You will be able to scroll using 2/3 fingers. The scrolling is not as smooth as mac (shucks!!) but works equivalent to page up and page down. Here is how to enable it in Synaptics Options. You can configure what each direction will cause.
Two finger Gestures -> Top/Bottom/Left/Right - Chiral Motion : This technique is very useful for precise scrolling. Whenever you wish to scroll just slide two fingers downwards(or upwards) and then you can move your fingers in clockwise or anticlockwise order to continue scrolling.This is a much more precise way of scrolling but you need to get used to it. Here is how to enable it in Synaptics Options
Virtual Scrolling -> Enable Chiral motion scrolling - Momentum : This grants your mouse momentum so if you drag your mouse and leave it. It will travel some more distance depending on the speed of your drag. This is quite cool for some time, but very difficult to handle and impractical. Still somthing cooool to show off
. . Here is how to enable it in Synaptics Options
Pointer Motion -> Momentum -> Enable Momentum
UPDATE: The driver has not functioned for some laptops. It is suited only for some laptops. If you have installed this driver, do let us know in the comments if this worked for you. Thanks!!!
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[...] Very few people know that every synaptics trackpad supports multitouch and as long as your OS supports it you can always use multitouch to enhance your computers interface. Apple has patented several UI design elements ,hence has inhibited Windows and Linux to come out with similar UI elements like pinch and zoom, scroll etc. If you are using Windows xp, vista or Windows 7 then click here [...]
Posted by Adrian on May 27, 2009 at 9:03 am
These drivers doesnt work for my FSC Amilo sa3650 under vista home premium
Posted by Sam on April 15, 2009 at 12:52 am
Multi touch isn’t showing up. Momentum and Chiral did, but Two finger gestures did not >:
Posted by Mayur Rustagi on April 15, 2009 at 8:38 am
I have tested it personally on Vista and Windows 7. which operating system are you using??
Posted by Phil on April 15, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I’ve got the same problem, followed all the instructions (several times) but Two Finger Gestures are not listed… I am running Vista Home Basic 32-Bit.
Posted by Sam on April 16, 2009 at 12:39 am
Turns out my touch pad isnt synaptic. It’s a company that uses synaptic drivers.
Thank you anyways though. Sorry for the trouble
Btw, in case anybody has the same issue, my laptop is an MSI GT725 running vista.
Posted by Discrucio Anima on April 16, 2009 at 8:51 am
Hi, I’m the modder who started working on the Synaptics drivers. Please leave a link to the original forum topic at Laptopvideo2go as credit:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17890
Posted by Pat D on April 17, 2009 at 6:27 am
Multi touch isn’t showing up for me too. Two Finger Gestures are not listed in Win 7 x86.
I have Synaptics touchpad v7.2 and it is multitouch enable. (As multitouch works on XP with XP driver and TwoFingerScroll.exe)
Kindly help.
Posted by Mayur Rustagi on April 17, 2009 at 10:09 am
Its possible that the acer driver is not compatible with your synaptics touchpad. I am sorry I will not be able to help you in this regard
Posted by Vladimir G. on April 22, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Multitouch isn’t showed…
Asus F9E, Windows Vista Home Basic
Posted by iSwaggrite on May 6, 2009 at 11:29 pm
multitouch doesnt work
Posted by iSwaggrite on May 10, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Multitouch Doesnt Work On Niether Windows 7, XP, Or Vista….
Acer Aspire 4720z
Windows Vista, Windows 7,Removed 7 And Replaced With XP
Posted by Mayur Rustagi on May 11, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I am sorry that the driver has not worked for you. I am have tried it on Compaq presario T6000 series. Windows 7 and Vista.
Posted by Phil on May 11, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Are you sure that the driver is the right one, because on the original site that Discrucio Anima referred to multi-touch is not even listed. Any possibility that the one that includes multi-touch is somewhere else?
Posted by Muzi on May 12, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Hi multi touch is NOT showing up. tried on acer aspire 2920/ vista ultimate
Posted by NoName on May 26, 2009 at 12:49 am
Aw man. Didn’t show up on my Dell Inspiron 630m and also removed the Synaptics settings from my mouse controls. Off to restore the driver ): but it was worth a shot, thanks!
Posted by Nabil on May 27, 2009 at 10:39 am
remeber to first go into control panel>mouse>device settings>settings>
>virtual scrolling>enable ciralmotion scrolling
>three finger gestures>tick the box
>two finger gestures>tick the box
Posted by Nabil on May 27, 2009 at 11:01 am
thanks alot for thr driver
Posted by cyrus1911 on May 29, 2009 at 3:53 am
(sys:Compaq Presario CQ60-210us amd dual core 2ghz)
THANKYOU!! The driver worked just as i hoped, (i noticed there were multiple versions of the driver, and i wonder which one got installed on my machine though).
I did get the momentum feature (which is what i wanted – for playing my fps games) but the drivers did not enable gesture support..
-Cyrus
Posted by kulwinder on May 31, 2009 at 5:20 pm
im using HCL laptop and Window xp sp3 ..it works gr8 everything is working..chiral motion, two finger gestures three finger gestures momentum restricted motion slow motion every thing available is working ..
Posted by jim-diddly on June 1, 2009 at 4:08 am
Please help, I am using this driver I have everything working EXCEPT two finger and three finger settings as it is not shown in the settings. I see many have this problem, PLEASE HELP! Thanks
Posted by -=cloude=- on June 4, 2009 at 4:35 pm
works g8 for me^^
no problems installing it and now it works fine..
thnx^^
Posted by Phill on June 6, 2009 at 1:15 pm
After installing, it doesn’t show in my system tray. How do I:
A) get it to show,
B) get to the options menu if I don’t have the program in my system tray.
Thanks.
Posted by cyrus1911 on June 8, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Phill,
Go to your control panel:
With vista – Click on the “Classic View” (upper left)
now,
-click on your mouse icon
-click on the device settings tab
-verify your tray icon setting. (there should be 3 options available: remove, static, animated)
Settings button brings you to the device properties window.
I had to restore my vista o/s to factory config. b/c of my (irresponsible) use of various registry cleaners… Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
I dont get why all the notebook manufacturers dont just give us a complete version of synaptic’s driver that at least provides the little tweaks like “chiral” and “momentum” (momentum is great for gaming once you get used to it) in a up-to-date package.
When I installed this patched driver, it rolled back my current synaptic pointing device driver and i suspect it contributed to some system instability…
I had to restore my vista o/s to factory config.
Primarily 1) my IRRESPONSIBLE use of those widely available registry “cleaners”
2) I suspect installing old drivers over new ones causes conflicts.. (no actual evidence, just a strong suspicion though)
Posted by Edemir on June 11, 2009 at 8:11 pm
I cannot make this work on my Acer Aspire 3690 an Windows XP. Anyone knows if I’m doing something wrong?
Posted by Miquel on July 23, 2009 at 8:28 am
It works fine (except pinch) in an Fugitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 2530 with almost all the programes… except Firefox. Does somebody have any sollution? or I’ve to change my explorer?
Thanks a lot!
Posted by Evan Wondrasek on July 24, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Great find! I’ve always wondered why Apple seemed to have the death grip on technologies like this.
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Posted by PCWorks on August 2, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Multitouch works on Gateway 6801m of the M-Series.
Windows 7 RTM x64.
Posted by Mike Lopez on August 6, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Chiral motion does not work in Firefox. Other than that, I think it’s cool.
Posted by cypher3c on August 8, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Works great for me. Windows 7 RC on Dell E1505.
Chiral motion doesn’t work with firefox, and it seems more complicated than I would like.
Vertical scrolling works fine. Horizontal doesn’t seem to work well (fine with me).
Posted by cypher3c on August 8, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Scratch that. Horizontal scrolling works fine.
Posted by FCO on August 11, 2009 at 9:06 am
where can i found and buy a touchpad mouse for gateway T-6801m,i live in san diego ca.
THANKS FRANCISCO
Posted by SMaura on August 12, 2009 at 3:04 am
I’ve used this. But only the supported gestures work. You can’t truly use 2 finger gestures. -1
Posted by mariotepro on August 15, 2009 at 1:10 pm
It doesn’t work on a Compaq Presario CQ60 – 125es
Posted by npbk on August 24, 2009 at 3:18 am
Acer Aspire 4925G running on Wondows 7 Ultimate…
The multi touch features doesnt even show up in the list
Anyone, please help getting it to work…
Note that I did NOT update the driver after installation as suggested in another forum.
Cheers
Posted by michael on August 28, 2009 at 12:09 am
HP MINI 2140
vista Basic
i can’t see Two finger Gestures in synapsis settings. thought Momentum & Chiral Motion work great. thenk you.
if you know, tell me please how to get guestuers!
Posted by Sage2603 on October 28, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Same as mentionned before,
On HP Mini 2140, Chiral and Memorium are up but 2 and 3 fingers don’t…
Please add support,
Thanks in advance
Posted by Remer on August 29, 2009 at 9:54 am
Works great on the MSI PR210, thanks to all who have contributed!
Posted by Remer on August 29, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Btw, all functions work on Vista Business 32bit
Posted by aldo on September 16, 2009 at 2:14 pm
chiral motion and gliding/momentum work, along with zones, but no multitouch support for ASUS G50VT-A1 x64 Win7. (i’m sure x64 vista would work, and probably all G50 models have the same touch hardware)
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Posted by the italian stallion on October 13, 2009 at 1:46 am
works perfectly
HP dv9610us Windows 7 & Ubuntu Studio
Posted by scrambler on October 21, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Installed it successfully on Asus R1F running Vista Business.
Had to go in Control panel, Mouse, Device properties to access the Synaptics settings, and I was able to activate everything (2 fingers, 3 fingers, virtual chira scrolling, momentum…)
Tood bad it does not have the Pinch (zoom) and two finger rotate.
Thanks
Posted by chaisemon on October 28, 2009 at 6:15 pm
doesnt work in macbook air bootcamp windows 7.
it would have been good if we were able to use all the same gestures used in os x in bootcamp aswell.
Posted by anon on October 31, 2009 at 3:41 am
Please Note: I have seen a few websites showing multitouch features on Synaptic touchpads. It appears that the driver update does not work on the following brands:
Low to mid range HPs and Compaqs
Acer
Dell
Sorry if this isn’t correct because my HP has a Synaptics touchpad connected through the PS/2 Port (I know, that does sound strange) and I only get 1 finger Chiral scroll and Momentum
Anything that clearly states it has a synaptics touch pad in device manager SHOULD work!
Well done to the developer that made this!
Posted by Mando on October 31, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Does not work on HP TX2000.
I got the momentum and GiralMotion tabs but only momentum works. Did not get the two or three finger motions options.
–mando
Posted by Mando on October 31, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Oh, forgot.
Windows 7 x86
Posted by Chris on November 1, 2009 at 7:23 pm
HP Pavilion DV6000 series w/ Windows 7 x86. Chiral motion and momentum both work, but there is no option for multitouch… And chiral motion doesn’t work in Firefox.
Posted by Charles on November 8, 2009 at 8:36 am
Only the Chiral Scrolling works. I could not find the multitouch option. I am sing a Lenovo ThinkPad W500.
Posted by Berthold on November 9, 2009 at 9:24 am
I’ve been enjoying a similar driver for the past weekend and I almost feel encumbered returning to ordinary mouse control. I was really surprised by the stuff I could do on my 5 yr old Acer Travelmate 292, with ordinary XP Home no less. If you’re having trouble getting the Multi-Finger-Gestures to work, I suggest setting at least one of them to minimize, it worked pretty well for me.
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Posted by boot on November 19, 2009 at 10:47 am
Acer Aspire One AOD250-1165
This model is fairly new. So it has the usual features, i.e. built in wi-fi, camera, 160 GB drive, etc, etc. This is the 3 hr battery model. I have no idea where Amazon gets their tech specs. We just bought this and the manual states that it comes with 1 GB of RAM, and is upgradeable to 2 GB. It recognized 4 wireless connections in my area the instant it was powered on. So far it’s great for what it was bought for, the internet, small low demand games, music, simple word processing…
Posted by Alexandre on November 22, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Oiii queria saber se esse touch finciona no Acer aspire 3000 windows xp