Windows Precision Touchpad Jumps Back When Clicking

I am experiencing the same thing on many laptops that utilize the microsoft precision driver. You couldn't have described the behavior any better.

The current laptop that I am trying to troubleshoot this same issue is the 12th gen intel Framework laptop. When attempting to quickly move the cursor just 5-10 pixels to move from one button to the other (such as the back and forth button on a web browser toolbar), the cursor moves but jumps back to the original position the moment a click is registered.

This seems to be an obvious filtering issue- now, I don't entirely know how the precision drivers work between device drivers and precision drivers but I have so far tried to change every option I can find in the windows 11 settings touchpad options as well as set AAPDisabled to value 1 in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad registry entry.

I've literally done all of these steps already, except for System Restore because it was a factory-new installation so there was nothing to restore.

I'm typing this from a reinstalled Windows with HP drivers re-downloaded.

Please take a look at my original report -- the cursor does NOT jump around "randomly". It very deliberately moves back to exactly where it started before the click, if I click within 500ms of moving the cursor.

Is there maybe a Synaptics registry entry that disables this "feature" to make my touchpad usable again?

This is a Framework ( www.frame.work ) laptop. Amazing laptop in every way, trackpad feels really nice and works extremely well aside of the small-movent-fast-click issue and utilizes the microsoft precision driver. I cannot see or tell what the trackpad manufacturer is as device manager shows no manufacturer anywhere but I do see liteon screenprinted on the backside of the trackpad when opening up the case. I have replicated this issue on our lenovo thinkpad carbon, dell xps, and framework laptops that all use microsoft precision input driver. This is terribly obnoxious and no amount of registry tuning has resolved this one for me.

I also paired up an apple trackpad 2 to a windows 11 machine via bluetooth, the same exact quick move and click behavior jump-back is happening with that trackpad as well. The apple native and github open source drivers both utilize microsoft precision driver.

Edit: to add - this behavior does not exist in an untouched installation of Ubuntu 22.04 desktop on the same Framework 12th gen laptop. The trackpad behaves wonderfully, truly mac-like when it comes to cursor navigation and clicking. nearly flawless. Scrolling speed sensitivity is an issue in Ubuntu Gnome, widely recognized but an issue that has nothing to do with the trackpad itself.

> Did you try those fixes to be sure? Did you try everything else I gave in the order I presented them?

Yes. And I have tried installing every HP driver I could find for the touchpad, and rebooted in between each one. I also found older versions of the HP touchpad drivers and tried installing those. Nothing works :-(

Argh, that's frustrating. What brand is the laptop (HP? Dell?) and is the touchpad Synaptics or Elan?