8600 touchpad question

[draklava]

Question for the Dell 8600 owners out there... can you configure the touch pad to scroll by running your finger along the side (similar to the sager touchpad)?

I think it is a software config issue not a touchpad hardware issue although I've become quite used to using the "finger scroll" when looking through documents or web pages and would like my next laptop to have that functionality.

[foolhaha]

Yes. If you installed Dell Touchpad driver. You can setup it in control panel mouse property.

[Spiike]

The software/driver you're looking for are the synaptics touchpad drivers.
synaptics driver page (http://www.synaptics.com/support/downloads.cfm)
The driver allows you to designate corners for tapping commands and scrolling and much more.

[draklava]

I tried to install the synaptics drivers and they did not seem to be compatible with the touchpad hardware. When I ran the touchpad options utility it gave me options for an external mouse but not the touch pad options.

[.andrew.]

that is most likely because it's an "alps" driver you're looking for. the 8600 that i have has alps, not synaptics...

try that!

.a.

[draklava]

yup - i've got the alps driver installed and running but tried to install the synaptics one because I liked my sager touchpad (with synaptics) better... but it did not work so I gave up :)