laptop touchpad causing browser 'Back'??

sly dsyc at go.ro
Sat Dec 11 19:51:11 UTC 2004



Stephen Walton wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 11:04 -0800, Hardy Merrill wrote:
> 
>>Sometimes when I'm browsing in
>>Firefox, when I move my finger on the touchpad, it
>>causes the browser to go back one or more screens.
>>
>>Anyone know if this could be a problem with
>>  * FC3?
>>  * touchpad?
>>  * Firefox?
> 
> 
> I have the same problem with my Compaq laptop and finally turned off the
> touchpad altogether and got a cordless USB mouse for serious browsing.
> I think this is a feature of Firefox which it is possible to
> accidentally access by touching the scroll portion of the touchpad, but
> I admit I haven't investigated further.

i have mozilla and never knew of this till now. i always use a mouse. 
i've noticed that it goes back or forward when i move the finger on very 
bottom part of the pad left or right. is not only back and is only on 
the lower side.

> 
> [To forestall the obvious question:  My Compaq has an actual hardware
> on/off switch for the touchpad.]
> 
> 

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