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joecar

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Touchpad double click vs double tap
« on: September 11, 2021, 11:41:48 PM »
SlickEdit Pro 2021 (v26.0.0.3 64-bit Qt5)

I've been using v26 for a few days and I noticed different behaviour on my laptop's touchpad...
to select a word, I now have to double click (twice click down the touchpad);
previously I could simply double tap (quickly twice tap touchpad without making it click) to select a word.

For sanity check:
- in Notepad++ I can double tap to select a word.
- in this message/reply box I can double tap to select a word.

Is there a setting in VS26 that affects behaviour of touchpad...?

I prefer double tap to select a word.

Thanks  :)
« Last Edit: September 11, 2021, 11:43:32 PM by joecar »

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2021, 11:48:31 PM »
Same thing happens in Search result window.

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2021, 10:02:15 AM »
I find that if I slow down my double tap then it seems to work...

hmmm, I didn't previously slow down my double tap....!?!

And this appears to happen only in VS (specifically in text/code window and in Search results pane).
« Last Edit: September 12, 2021, 09:50:12 PM by joecar »

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2021, 11:43:15 AM »
I've noticed the same thing. But sometimes it works but most times it doesn't.

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2021, 12:45:25 PM »
We will look into this.

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2021, 12:04:38 PM »
The Defs, Class, References panes work correctly (quick double tap goes to reference).
« Last Edit: September 13, 2021, 12:06:45 PM by joecar »

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2021, 10:00:45 PM »
Clipboards window also works correctly.

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2021, 11:16:04 PM »
Reproduced. Seems to happen on Windows laptops without a touch screen.

Thanks for posting about this. Very annoying.

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2021, 04:17:47 PM »
My laptop has a touch screen.

Lenovo Yoga C740.

( edit: added model # )
« Last Edit: September 15, 2021, 05:34:43 PM by joecar »

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2021, 04:25:48 PM »
Interesting. My surface laptop works perfectly. My LG gram 17 is horrible. V25 works fine on my LG gram. In any case, we will figure this out. Still tracking it down.

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2021, 05:35:57 PM »
It seems to me that v25 worked fine on my current laptop (the LY C740).

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2021, 04:49:09 PM »
Thanks.

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2021, 02:21:32 AM »
Fixed for beta 4

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2021, 10:23:45 PM »
Thanks  :)

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Re: Touchpad double click vs double tap
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2021, 10:37:58 PM »
Same happens when double clicking on selective icon +/- in margin.