Precision Touchpad lacking middle button option? how to enable one?

Question

Hi, recently got an Acer E11 laptop and according to Acer's help forums its up to Microsoft to determine how to do this as its a precision trackpad in this system.

So is there a hidden method to enable a middle button or something thats just not documented?  or even some way to add in a script to fake a middle mouse button click in windows 8.1 with a precision trackpad?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello Kanu,

Thank you for replying with the status of the issue, sorry if I have misunderstood your query. I appreciate your patience to resolve this issue.

I would like to know did you refer to the following below article that I provided in my previous response.

Using a precision touchpad

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/touchpad

Refer to: Precision touchpad gestures

My previous response also had the steps how to Turn Off and how to Turn On the Precision Touchpad feature in Windows 8.1, I suggest you to follow the steps below to Turn On the Precision Touchpad feature:

How to Turn On a Precision Touchpad in Windows 8.1

1. Open PC Settings, and click/tap on PC and devices on the left side.
2. Click/tap on Mouse and touchpad on the left side, and do step 3 or 4 below for what you would like to do.
3. To Turn On Precision Touchpad

NOTE: This is the default setting.

A) On the right side under Touch keyboard, move the slider to the right to turn on Touchpad.

B) If you like, you may also want to:

•Turn on Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected

•Turn on Enable swiping in from the left or right edge

•Turn on Reverse scrolling direction

•Turn on Allow right-clicks on the touchpad

•Turn on Double-tap and drag

Please reply with the results after following the complete article. we will be more than glad to assist if you need further assistance.

Answer 2

You have now given the same non-answer 3 times, RizwanPasha. If you don't know what you're talking about, please defer this question to someone who actually has some knowledge on the matter. Employees like you only serve to damage Microsoft's public image with idiotic responses like these. 

Does anyone know whether Microsoft's Precision Touchpad spec supports middle-click?

Answer 3

Here's the compiled exe that I've been using.  I just created a folder under

C:/Program Files/

and labeled it MiddleMouse and dropped this exe there.  Then I created a shortcut to the exe and put it in:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

That will make it startup with the computer.  I'll post the raw AHK later (when I find or recreate it) and possibly a proper installer to handle the placement and autostart stuff automatically.

This is based on the commands that the Surface Book sends when you three finger tap.  I don't have any other laptop with precision trackpad to test with so I can't verify that it will work the same on other devices, but I imagine that it will.

MiddleMouse

Answer 4

Not sure why you think this is an answer. The touchpad gestures do not include a middle-click.

Did you check to make sure the middle-click feature is specifically supported by the standard Precision Touchpad interface? If not, then why are you wasting time telling us how to enable it?

The question was specifically about middle-click. If you don't know the answer, then don't reply. Thank you.

Answer 5

I'll throw it back together, it's pretty rudimentary.  I had disabled the tray icon though because it's a simple one function program, I prefer for it to not further clutter my tray.

Here's a super simple script to accomplish the task without removing the icon:

#Persistent

#SingleInstance Force

^+#F22::

Send {MButton}

return

MiddleMouse AHK Script

EDIT: I'm still tweaking the script that I posted a link to, but because it's a dropbox link it should stay up to date.

On the Surface Book when you middle click it's actually sent through as LCtrl+LWin+LShift+F22.  That's what I'm trapping with the AHK script and sending {MButton} in it's place.  I just added a shortcut to keyhistory to the latest version of the script to help identify if you need to trap a different sequence.

If you run the raw AHK from the link and then three finger tap, followed by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F5 it should pop-up the key history and hopefully show you the presses that were generated by your three finger tap.  If it's something other than LCtrl+LWin+LShift+F22 then you'll have to adjust the script to compensate.  Hopefully that helps.